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Bug 562362 - Notification area icons are not accessible from the top most pixel
Notification area icons are not accessible from the top most pixel
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 311190
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: notification area
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-11-26 18:32 UTC by Karl Lattimer
Modified: 2009-05-31 13:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Karl Lattimer 2008-11-26 18:32:59 UTC 
When clicking on the top of the screen directly above the notification area icon for any notification area item the event doesn't appear to reach the item.

This contradicts fitts' law, the screen edge is the most accessible part of any panel applet, having to move the mouse down to click on the icon after the mouse has already moved to the top of the screen is a usability flaw.

Other information:
Comment 1 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2009-01-06 13:31:39 UTC 
On my desktop, this is the case for the whole gnome-panel, i.e. for the Applications, Places and System menus as well as for launchers. Definitely something to fix...
Comment 2 Philip Withnall 2009-05-31 12:21:19 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 311190 ***