On 11/05/11 17:38, Micah Carrick wrote: > Problem with that, for me anyway, is I often need to copy what's > underneath and paste into the dialog. So I really do need to move it. > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:27 AM, G. Michael Carter > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I've seen comments in this list before about the dialog box needing to move >> > so you can see what's underneath, and people pointing to setting to undock >> > it. Seems pointless to keep turning it on/off for one or two windows. >> > Then I had a thought. How about have a way to fade it to see >> > what's underneath? Have it hooked to a hot key or some type of mouse >> > gesture?
What about: 1) the dialog is solid when first appears 2) if you move the mouse over it and then out, the dialog fades enough to let you see what's under it 3) if you press a special key like control the dialog goes completely transparent and let you select content under it (maybe does make sense to show its outline The rationale is that (2) is a sensible behaviour useful to everybody while (3) should be learned by the user, but then not everybody needs to copy what's under the dialog and a power user can just learn it. federico -- Federico Di Gregorio [email protected] Studio Associato Di Nunzio e Di Gregorio http://dndg.it I came like Water, and like Wind I go. -- Omar Khayam _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
