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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian Santopietro
>>
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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...
>
> --
> Alex Lourie
>



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