GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 44967
Icons hard to click on
Last modified: 2006-12-26 18:29:27 UTC
I can only click on desktop icons when you're actually pointing at a non-clear part of the icon. It should work even if you are pointing at, for example, the hole between the label and the icon. Also, double-clicking starts a new window, but only if the icon has already been highlighted. It should start a new window when double clicked on, no matter what is highlighted. (Referring to typical default "username home" and "Ext2 Volume" icons.) Nautilus PR2 running off a standard Eazel install. Redhat (6.2) Linux-Athena 8.4.17 (Layered) Gnome stuff running out of AFS. ------- Additional Comments From darin@bentspoon.com 2000-12-05 13:08:19 ---- Arlo, I'd like your opinion on this one. I recognize this issue as one I've encountered before on Macintosh. ------- Additional Comments From don@eazel.com 2000-12-15 09:32:30 ---- Batch move all 254 PR3 P5 bugs to 1.0.1. ------- Additional Comments From eli@eazel.com 2001-02-09 11:28:18 ---- Duane is now the proud owner for Desktop QA. ------- Additional Comments From arlo@workthatmouse.com 2001-03-07 16:52:28 ---- The second half of this bug has been fixed, and the first part of it applies to any icon, not just desktop icons. For a long time now, Andy and I have discussed making "doughnut hole" situations clickable, but the discussion always regresses when the subject of an invisible clickable slop factor border enters in. ------- Additional Comments From eli@eazel.com 2001-03-26 11:19:19 ---- SPAAAAAAAAAM! (Jon Allen has taken these components; QA Assigning bugs to him.) ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-09-09 20:48 -------
*** Bug 76677 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
it would be nice to get this fixed for gnome 2. it really does impact the usability of nautilus
*** Bug 85138 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 85792 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think there might be one more duplicate of this, Dave, if you keep poking at it.
*** Bug 85932 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is definetly a big usability problem. IMO it would be great if those "doughnut holes" would only let the click through when some other item is behind it. It would also be nice if icons would always be prelighted, cause currently the prelighting flickers a lot when hovering above certain icons and almost always when hovering from text to picture.
well it's not just holes but "skinny" icons like the wrench or a pencil or something.
*** Bug 89306 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 103521 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed to use the icon's bounding box in cvs.
Mass reassigning bugs with 2.2.0 milestone to 2.2.x milestone Grep for "Mass reassigning" to filter out this bug spam.