Remove Switchboard AppMenu
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switchboard |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Cody Garver | ||
Bug Description
In the case of Switchboard, an AppMenu might not be a good idea for a couple reasons:
1. "Translate This App..." refers to Switchboard itself, not the plugs it contains. This could be a source of confusion for those who don't really understand how Switchboard works. And in reality, there is an extremely limited number of translations for Switchboard itself and this shouldn't be a problem.
2. Report a Problem follows the same problems as above. The only people who are really going to be reporting problems about switchboard itself are most likely going to be developers. Everyone else is going to be reporting problems with the plugs themselves.
3. Get Help Online is going to have the same problem. Nobody really needs help with Switchboard, it's just a container.
That means the only really useful item is "About". I would recommend using DockManager to make this a context menu item in Plank.
Related branches
- Danielle Foré: Approve
- elementary Pantheon team: Pending requested
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Diff: 19 lines (+1/-1)1 file modifiedsrc/Switchboard.vala (+1/-1)
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| assignee: | nobody → Avi Romanoff (aroman) |
| Avi Romanoff (aroman) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| assignee: | Avi Romanoff (aroman) → nobody |
| importance: | Low → Wishlist |
| Avi Romanoff (aroman) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| status: | Triaged → Invalid |
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Cody Garver (codygarver) |
| milestone: | none → luna-rc1 |
| summary: |
- Remove the AppMenu + Remove Switchboard AppMenu |
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| status: | Invalid → Fix Committed |
| Changed in switchboard: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
After talking with xapantu on IRC, we decided to defer this change to Luna+1. An API break and considerable code refactor (possibly involving granite changes) is probably not worthwhile at this point, with Switchboard almost at a 1.0.
However the issue is definitely on-track for Switchboard 2.x and the Luna+1 cycle.