Public bug reported:
1) What actually happens: When you mouse over to reveal the launcher and
select an open application, while a full-screen app is open, the
launcher hides after your first click on one of it's elements even if
you don't mouse away and the cursor is still above it. If you have to do
another action with the launcher bar you have to wait until it reveals
again. In other systems such as Windows 7 the launcher does not hide
until the user mouses away from it.
A simple use case where this is bad and slows down window management is
when you have many instances of the same application open such as
several file manager windows, and at least one full screen applications
such as a maximized Firefox window. You switch from Firefox to one of
the nautilus instances and then decide that the most recent instance
which it gives you is not the one you want. The launcher has already
disappeared from under the cursor and you must now mouse to the left to
reveal it and then click on nautilus again to select another instance.
The launcher disappearing took away valuable time.
2) Expected action: You switch from Firefox to one of the nautilus
instances and then decide that the most recent instance which it gives
you is not the one you want. The launcher stays shown because the cursor
is still above it and you can click the nautilus button again without
rushing or worrying the launcher will disappear from under the mouse
after it accepts your first click. This is the way other systems such as
Windows 7 behave and it is the efficient way.
3) How to reproduce:
A simple use case where this is shown and how it is bad and slows down
window management is when you have many instances of the same
application open such as several file manager windows, and at least one
full screen applications such as a maximized Firefox window. You switch
from Firefox to one of the nautilus instances and then decide that the
most recent instance which it gives you is not the one you want. The
launcher has already disappeared from under the cursor and you must now
mouse to the left to reveal it and then click on nautilus again to
select another instance. The launcher disappearing took away valuable
time.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,gnomecompat,move,imgpng,resize,regex,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,place,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,vpswitch,snap,animation,session,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Mon Nov 14 18:49:23 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
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Title:
unity launcher should not autohide after a click on it's object when
cursor is positioned above it
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