Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: indicator-appmenu
Until recently, the menu items of the appmenu appeared for the currently
active application at all times. Now, suddenly, they are hidden, and
only the application name is shown until the mouse is moved over the
space where the menu should be.
I have two machines recently updated to natty; noticed it on one, but
not on the other, which had only just been updated from maverick. I was
going to post asking why they're different, but then I ran apt-get
update; apt-get dist-upgrade again, logged out, logged in, and the
behaviour on the second machine matched the first. So I presume this is
the result of a very recent change.
So this may be a complaint about a user interface decision someone has
made. :-) The menu for the active application should always be visible
rather than making the user guess a: where it is and b: what's on it.
At the very least, could we have a visible configuration item somewhere
to control this behaviour.
If you don't like the application name being obscured, why not put the
menu to the right of it rather than on top of it? I mean, having gone so
far towards making it attractive to Mac users (of which I are one ;-) )
is this just an attempt to Be Different? :-)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: indicator-appmenu 0.1.95-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 28 17:08:01 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-appmenu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-02-28 (0 days ago)
** Affects: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity
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Title:
appmenu menu items only appear on mouseover
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