On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Andrea Azzarone <[email protected]> wrote: > @John, i think that without input redirection (both in X and Compiz) the > solution of this bug is pretty tricky. So we should split this bug into > two separate ones. > > Maybe DBO or Sam can confirm or propose a solution without inpur > redirection.
You can't do it without input redirection. Maybe its possible to forward DnD events, but that's not something I want to do because that's error prone due to applications which might activate cursor grabs on DnD. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Compiz > Maintainers, which is the registrant for Compiz Core. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727903 > > Title: > Dropping a file into a window via the 'drag file to Launcher, then > drag file to Spread' interaction fails to load the file into the > selected window > > Status in Ayatana Design: > Fix Released > Status in Compiz Core: > Confirmed > Status in Unity: > Confirmed > Status in Unity 2D: > Confirmed > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Dropping a file into a window via the 'drag file to Launcher, then > drag file to Spread' interaction fails to load the file into the > selected window. > > To reproduce: Open two firefox windows. Drag a .html or .png file to > the Firefox icon in the Launcher. As soon as the spread appears > quickly drop the file to one of the firefox windows. The file should > open into the window it was just dropped on but nothing happens. > > Does not work, needs to be fixed ;-) > > ============================ > > This bug would be an ideal bug for someone to get started hacking on > Unity, here's some information: > > * Time to fix: 3h > * Difficulty: bitesize to normal > * Implementation: > > There is a timer in compiz responsible for how long the user must > hover a window when the spread is active in order to trigger the > spread to collapse back on this window. It is currently way to finicky > to get to work right and needs to be "played with" in order to get a > better feel. Probably needs a shorter timer that doesn't reset every > time the mouse moves a single pixel. Look in the scale plugin in the > compiz source tree. > > * Workflow information: http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/ > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/727903/+subscriptions > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727903 Title: Dropping a file into a window via the 'drag file to Launcher, then drag file to Spread' interaction fails to load the file into the selected window To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/727903/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
