After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 694290 - "[System] Settings" in background menu
"[System] Settings" in background menu
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-02-20 17:39 UTC by António Fernandes
Modified: 2013-02-20 19:10 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
[PATCH] backgroundMenu: Rename "System Settings" to "Settings" (1.43 KB, patch)
2013-02-20 19:01 UTC, António Fernandes 		committed Details | Review

Description António Fernandes 2013-02-20 17:39:58 UTC 
Current menu:

 __/\__________________
/                      \
|  Change Background…  |
|                      |
|  - - – –– –– – - -   |
|                      |
|  System Settings     |
\______________________/

The naming is inconsistent with the user status menu. [Bug 687738]

However…

 __/\__________________
/                      \
|  Change Background…  |
|                      |
|  - - – –– –– – - -   |
|                      |
|  Settings            |
\______________________/

…within this context, it seems to mean "Background Settings". The fact that all other system menus end with a link to the relevant panel, reinforces this further.

I hope there is a third option.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-02-20 17:45:05 UTC 
But it currently opens the full Settings, not the background panel right?
I think if it does, it makes sense to use a consistent name ("Settings"), otherwise Background Settings makes sense to me.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2013-02-20 17:47:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> But it currently opens the full Settings, not the background panel right?

"Change Background" opens the background panel, "System Settings" opens Settings. Still, I see how a plain "Settings" item in a popup menu about setting the background can be seen as meaning background settings ...
Comment 3 António Fernandes 2013-02-20 18:23:09 UTC 
I think the meaning of plain "Settings" is clear in reverse order:

 __/\__________________
/                      \
|  Settings            |
|                      |
|  - - – –– –– – - -   |
|                      |
|  Change Background…  |
\______________________/

For what is worth, under Windows, the menu option to change the wallpaper is the last option of the context menu.
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2013-02-20 18:25:12 UTC 
Whether or not "Settings" is a good name, "System Settings" still shouldn't be used, it's not used to mean the control-center in any other place.
Comment 5 António Fernandes 2013-02-20 19:01:16 UTC 
Created attachment 236973 [details] [review]
[PATCH] backgroundMenu: Rename "System Settings" to "Settings"

It don't know programming languages, but this seems trivial enough to try and make my first patch.
Comment 6 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2013-02-20 19:02:20 UTC 
Review of attachment 236973 [details] [review]:

This looks correct to me.
Comment 7 Florian Müllner 2013-02-20 19:10:37 UTC 
We are about to enter UI freeze, let's include this!