GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 167133
Menu layout not user friendly
Last modified: 2015-03-24 13:00:52 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.
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)
See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92288#c4
2005-03-30 Vincent Untz <vincent@vuntz.net> * panel-context-menu.c: (make_panel_submenu): move "Properties" above "Delete This Panel" Fix bug #167133