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Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher items usability on right mouse click

No, the item is clickable. When you click on it, it's the same as if you had left clicked on the icon. This is in Unity 3D though, and I see you're in Unity 2D. I'm not sure what the behavior there is.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 14:06, Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I thought that the top actions do things in the application while the bottom actions do things in Unity or the System. Clicking on the application name is the same as clicking on the icon itself.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:26, Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all

I'm risking here to beat an already dead horse, but here it is: I've just updated my VirtualBox installation of Oneiric, and I have an issue with the Unity launcher items. When right-clicking on any item, the menu shows the following options:

<some action...>
<some action...>
<some action...>
___________________

< Application Name >   ( Unclickable )

___________________

<some action...>
<some action...>

For example, in the attached screenshot we can see that for Chromium I can open new windows with different options, then the name "Chromium Web Browser", and then "Remove from launcher" action. I believe that this is a bad design, and some action is required:

1. It is possible to move "Chromium Web Browser" to the top of the list.
2. It is possible to move "Chromium Web Browser" to the top of the list and make its appearance notably different than the rest of the actions.
3. It is possible to make "Chromium Web Browser" to appear notably different than the rest of the actions, for example to be detached completely from the list.

I think that the current behaviour is quite confusing, especially for new users and I'll be glad for any feedback on this.



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So, does it mean that there's an unclickable item in the middle of the list?? How's that helping a first-time user? I still think that this is very confusing...

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