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Bug 167133 - Menu layout not user friendly
Menu layout not user friendly
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
2.8.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-02-11 23:47 UTC by Matthew Hall
Modified: 2015-03-24 13:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8



Description Matthew Hall 2005-02-11 23:47:20 UTC
The 'right-click' panel menu doesn't seem very well layed out. It is _far_ too
easy for users' (read: me) to accidentally click 'Delete this panel' when they
meant to modify the properties of the panel or add an item to the panel.
For one, a confirmation dialog might be useful here. But we do then get into the
situation of users' actually selecting the delete option and then being
presented with a series of confirmation dialogs. 
Not sure what the better option is; to leave it as it is (as a 'corner
case'/pebkac); to reorganise the menu so accidental selections aren't so easy;
or to start presenting users' with confirmation dialogs for every action.


Other information:
Of course, this is a problem with me. But I do end up putting a lot of effort
into making sure my mouse doesn't move when clicking on to select 'add to
panel'; but I don't think I should be concentrating that hard for such a simple
operation.
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2005-02-12 08:36:38 UTC
There is a confirmation dialog is the panel is not empty. One possibility would
be to move the properties above "delete this panel"...

We'll look at this for 2.12 (it's too late for 2.10)
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2005-03-04 12:47:08 UTC
See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92288#c4
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2005-03-30 18:30:25 UTC
2005-03-30  Vincent Untz  <vincent@vuntz.net>

        * panel-context-menu.c: (make_panel_submenu): move "Properties" above
        "Delete This Panel"
        Fix bug #167133