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Bug 538105 - Panel menu is backwards when docked on the left
Panel menu is backwards when docked on the left
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 319491
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: menu
git master
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-13 06:30 UTC by Peter Shinners
Modified: 2008-08-03 12:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22

Attachments
Fix menu ordering on left edge (804 bytes, patch)
2008-06-13 06:31 UTC, Peter Shinners 		none Details | Review
Image of resulting menu (42.20 KB, image/png)
2008-08-03 02:30 UTC, Peter Shinners 		  Details

Description Peter Shinners 2008-06-13 06:30:50 UTC 
When the gnome menu is docked on the left edge, the menu ordering is reversed from the other three sides.

The menu should always have the icon and "Applications" items at the leading edge of the menu. It works this way on the top, bottom, and right edges. When docked on the left, the menu is reversed. This makes the Applications target harder to reach.


Other information:
Comment 1 Peter Shinners 2008-06-13 06:31:54 UTC 
Created attachment 112657 [details] [review]
Fix menu ordering on left edge
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2008-08-03 00:04:31 UTC 
The reason it's not done this way is that the foot icon (for the Applications menu) will be "in the middle" of the bar, which is bad :/
Comment 3 Peter Shinners 2008-08-03 02:29:26 UTC 
The problem is that by default the foot icon is in the middle of the panel.

This patch corrects it so the "Applications" is at the end, and the icon that goes with it is also at the end.

When the panel is docked to the right edge it is "correct". This patch adjusts the menu so that it has the same behavior when docked along the left edge.

I've attached a screenshot showing the results of the patch. The current behavior is everything inverted (System at the outer edge, and the Application menu completely interior)
Comment 4 Peter Shinners 2008-08-03 02:30:16 UTC 
Created attachment 115758 [details]
Image of resulting menu

This is what the menu looks like after the patch.
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2008-08-03 12:17:09 UTC 
Actually, I made a patch for this last year: see bug 319491. It was blocked by usability questions :/

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 319491 ***