Could we please get a feature freeze exception for this in gtk3? This would unify slider behavior again and we could get rid of the ugly "act-as-if-middle-button-was-pressed" hacks in IDO and gnome-control- center.
I've submitted the patch upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563688. GNOME designers support the change, so it has good chances of being accepted. The package with my patch builds and works as expected. I've been running it for a bit on my system and tested every slider I could find, in particular all default applications. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #563688 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563688 ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953757 Title: Inconsistent behavior of slider widgets Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Indicator Display Objects: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ido” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In gtk+, left-clicking on any point inside the bar of a slider widget moves the thumb one step towards that point. The thumb can be moved to a specific point directly by middle-clicking that point on the bar. In Ubuntu, some slider widgets have been altered to always jump to the clicked point directly, regardless of the mouse button that was pressed. This is inconsistent and confusing, especially when sliders in the same app behave differently. For example, the mouse, keyboard, brightness, and accessibility settings in System Settings use the gtk+ style slider, while the sound and appearance settings use the other style. Furthermore, this kind of change should not be made inside applications, but in gtk+ itself (even if the two kinds of behaviors are desired). Assigning to Christian Giordano, as he's the bug contact on bug #898611, which made me aware of this issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/953757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
