Yes, I was using 8.04 and this happened both when upgrade and fresh installed. I also noticed that this happens with the Desktop Wall in the same way.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Robert Ancell <robert.anc...@canonical.com>wrote: > Confirming behaviour in Jaunty. I suspect the issue is these GUI > elements already use the middle click event (normally used for pasting). > Can you confirm the behaviour wasn't the same pre-Intrepid? > > Note that the default keybindings are ctrl+alt+left mouse which does not > have this problem. > > ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Confirmed > > -- > Middle clicking non background area rotates cube > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337068 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “compiz” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: compiz > > I enjoy the ability to middle click my background and start rotating the > cube, since usually some > part of my background is visible. I have noticed before the upgrade to > Intrepid this only worked > when clicking the background, which I believe was caught by nautilus. > > With Intrepid came some obvious changes to how this works. Now, not only > does the cube rotation > begin when clicking the background with a middle click, but sometimes other > GUI elements as well. Which > elements these are or how a user is supposed to understand is not clear, > and even if it was clear should > warrant a different setting. Not all users that want to click their > background want to also use certain > GUI elements for the same feature. > > I am convinced this is a bug and nobody actually wants things to start > rotating when they click a > GUI element, but if that is the case I think it should be separated from > the existing setting for > rotating on background click. > > Examples of places you can click to see this: > * Open Rhythmbox and middle click between the "Artist" and "Album" lists. > The same behaviour is also > visible if you click the areas of the progress bar that are not part of > the graphic. > * Click the gnome-power-manager icon and select details about your > battery, then click slightly below > the title bar of the shown window. > * Open gnome-system-monitor and click various areas on any of the pages, > all of them have some areas that > do this. > -- Middle clicking non background area rotates cube https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
