Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel
On horizontal panels, the order for menu items follows western language left to right ordering: [Ubuntu logo], Applications, Places, and System. If the panel is configured to be vertical on the right-hand-side, then the order from top to bottom is the same: [logo], Applications, Places & System, and the text is rotated 270 degrees. However, a left-hand-side vertical panel rotates text 90 degrees and uses the reverse order putting System at the top, followed by Places, Applications and [logo]. This seems to make sense because if the whole menu gets rotated back to natural orientation then Applications is first and System last. However, in vertical orientation top-to-bottom seems to be the dominate orientation as far as how the eye scans items. Also, using top-to-bottom arrangement places the Ubuntu logo up in the corner where it belongs, instead of in the middle of the left hand panel as it is right now. Therefore, it seem to be that in both left-hand and right-hand side panels, top-to-bottom is the best arrangement for the menu bar applet. ** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- vertical gnome-panel menu bar is layed out backwards https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558631 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs