Launcher is inactive when the dash appears

Bug #741699 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Invalid
Undecided
John Lea
Unity
Opinion
Medium
Unassigned
unity-2d
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

unity 3.6.8-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu Natty

1. Reveal the launcher by clicking the Ubuntu button or pressing Super.
2. Mouse over an item in the launcher.
3. Click the item.

What happens:
2. No tooltip appears.
3. The Dash disappears, then the launcher disappears, but the item does not launch.

What should happen:
2. A tooltip appears representing the item.
3. The Dash disappears, then item you clicked on is launched.

This bug occurs only when the launcher is revealed using the keyboard or by clicking the Ubuntu button. It does not occur when the launcher is revealed by hovering over the Ubuntu button.

description: updated
summary: - Launcher opened from the keyboard is unusable
+ Launcher opened by clicking Ubuntu button or from the keyboard is
+ unusable
summary: - Launcher opened by clicking Ubuntu button or from the keyboard is
+ Launcher revealed by clicking Ubuntu button or from the keyboard is
unusable
description: updated
summary: - Launcher revealed by clicking Ubuntu button or from the keyboard is
- unusable
+ Launcher is inactive when the dash appears
Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Invalid
Alex Launi (alexlauni)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
assignee: Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) → nobody
status: Invalid → Incomplete
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Alex Launi (alexlauni) wrote :

this conflicts with the behavior described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/741926. you guys need to work out what is the actually desired behavior and i would recommend codifying it in a spec.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) → nobody
status: Invalid → Incomplete
tags: added: needs-design
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: New → Invalid
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
Revision history for this message
Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

Why was this closed without a comment? According to Comment #1 below design discussion is necessary for this one.

Revision history for this message
Dean Sas (dsas) wrote :

Why is this incomplete? What information can we provide to help?

Revision history for this message
Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote :

For Natty, the current behaviour of an inactive launcher is correct. You should be able to drag apps to the launcher, and also you should be able to drag files to apps on the launcher (they should become active when you are dragging if they can handle the file).

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Opinion
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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