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Bug 709179 - Browsing applications requires too many clicks
Browsing applications requires too many clicks
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: overview
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-10-01 11:21 UTC by Remco
Modified: 2013-10-10 16:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Remco 2013-10-01 11:21:29 UTC 
The problem: first you click on Activities, then Show Applications, then All. That is three clicks before you can find an application that is not favorite or frequent.

The "Frequent" list should be a special first page of the "All" list, so that you can scroll down and go to the first page the All list, where you can scroll up again to go back to the Frequent list.
Comment 1 Allan Day 2013-10-01 12:31:01 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> The problem: first you click on Activities, then Show Applications, then All.
> That is three clicks before you can find an application that is not favorite or
> frequent.

The Frequent / All toggle defaults to All, and remembers the last position it was in. If you had to click on All, it is because you left it set to Frequent beforehand.

> The "Frequent" list should be a special first page of the "All" list, so that
> you can scroll down and go to the first page the All list, where you can scroll
> up again to go back to the Frequent list.

That would result in repetition of applications.

Thanks for the report, but I don't think this is actually a bug.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2013-10-01 12:33:24 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> The Frequent / All toggle defaults to All

Currently it doesn't (except when Frequent is empty), should it?
Comment 3 Allan Day 2013-10-01 12:45:40 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > The Frequent / All toggle defaults to All
> 
> Currently it doesn't (except when Frequent is empty), should it?

I think that's the behaviour me and Jakub agreed on.
Comment 4 Allan Day 2013-10-10 16:33:41 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> I think that's the behaviour me and Jakub agreed on.

Seems like I was misremembering here. :)

Anyway, I've talked it over with Jakub some more, and I think we both agree that having the state of the toggle persist over sessions would be a good idea.