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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, James Jenner <james.g.jenner@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
>
> I  don't like how the lens are looking for 11.10 in unity so I made come
>> mock ups.
>>
>>
> I think all the mockups give the impression that selection of the lens
> directly affects the search bar, while not making it apparent that the
> whole lens area is affected. Overall though I think I like the second one
> the best, the other two will suffer as more lenses are added but do utilise
> the screen better.
>
> I don't mind the control at the top, which to me would make more sense as
> you have just selected the lens launcher and thus the lens selection is on
> the same level, kinda consistent with applications that have window
> controls or application controls along the top. In my mind, the lens
> selection should be near the top, not at the bottom (though maybe for a
> touch screen it's irrelevant as you would swipe between lenses I presume).
>
> Do you mind if I ask how you did the mockups? Do you just use The Gimp?
>
> Cheers,
> James.
>
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I like them on the top too!
I suggested this a while back (
https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg06884.html) and got a slightly warm
response.I went ahead and made a patch to unity that puts the bar on
top.(see mockup) I mailed the diff to the ayatana-dev mailling list but
have got no response till now. I've attached a screen shot and the diff.

Attachment: LensBarToTop.jpg
Description: JPEG image

=== modified file 'plugins/unityshell/src/DashView.cpp'
--- plugins/unityshell/src/DashView.cpp	2011-10-25 16:32:49 +0000
+++ plugins/unityshell/src/DashView.cpp	2011-11-07 12:40:23 +0000
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
   search_bar_->search_changed.connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &DashView::OnSearchChanged));
   search_bar_->live_search_reached.connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &DashView::OnLiveSearchReached));
   search_bar_->showing_filters.changed.connect([&] (bool showing) { if (active_lens_view_) active_lens_view_->filters_expanded = showing; QueueDraw(); });
+
+  lens_bar_ = new LensBar();
+  lens_bar_->lens_activated.connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &DashView::OnLensBarActivated));
+  content_layout_->AddView(lens_bar_, 0, nux::MINOR_POSITION_CENTER);
   content_layout_->AddView(search_bar_, 0, nux::MINOR_POSITION_LEFT);
 
   lenses_layout_ = new nux::VLayout();
@@ -128,10 +132,6 @@
   active_lens_view_ = home_view_;
   lens_views_["home.lens"] = home_view_;
   lenses_layout_->AddView(home_view_);
-
-  lens_bar_ = new LensBar();
-  lens_bar_->lens_activated.connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &DashView::OnLensBarActivated));
-  content_layout_->AddView(lens_bar_, 0, nux::MINOR_POSITION_CENTER);
 }
 
 void DashView::SetupUBusConnections()