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Bug 128206 - Clicking on the border does not activate any window
Clicking on the border does not activate any window
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121239
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: window list
2.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
: 134156 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-11-30 01:18 UTC by Behdad Esfahbod
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Behdad Esfahbod 2003-11-30 01:18:55 UTC 
Clicking on the border of any applet, for example at the very edge of the
screen, activates the applet.  In case of both windol list and notification
area applets it's true too, but these two themselves do not select any of
the windows/notifications inside, forcing user to move the mouse a few
pixels and click again.
Comment 1 Bart Martens 2004-03-02 09:46:16 UTC 
I confirm this with Window List. I don't see this behaviour as a problem.
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2004-03-02 10:01:48 UTC 
*** Bug 134156 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Behdad Esfahbod 2004-03-02 10:10:55 UTC 
This is indeed a usability problem.  By Fitt's law, the edges of the
screen are infinitely more accessable than the other parts, due to the
infinite size they have (no matter how much more you move the mouse
up, you are the upper edge still).  So it's quite important to take
advatage of these accessable areas.  Actually, a one pixel wide panel
at the very end of screen is easier to trigger than the current one
that does not work at the very end of the screen ;).
Comment 4 Behdad Esfahbod 2004-03-02 11:37:26 UTC 
Please have look at the second question and answer in this Fitts's Law
quiz:

http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html
Comment 5 Ben Williams 2004-03-16 23:57:03 UTC 
This is a dupe of bug 121239.
Comment 6 Behdad Esfahbod 2004-03-17 01:08:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121239 ***