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Bug 708735 - Hide “power off” icon (on non-laptop machines) in lock screen
Hide “power off” icon (on non-laptop machines) in lock screen
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: system-status
3.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 737453 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-09-25 11:13 UTC by Mike FABIAN
Modified: 2021-07-05 14:10 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
shutdown-and-volume-lockscreen.png (184.58 KB, image/png)
2013-09-25 11:15 UTC, Mike FABIAN
Details
shutdown-and-volume-lockscreen-enter-password.png (482.82 KB, image/png)
2013-09-25 11:17 UTC, Mike FABIAN
Details
shudown-and-volume-gdm.png (465.16 KB, image/png)
2013-09-25 11:18 UTC, Mike FABIAN
Details

Description Mike FABIAN 2013-09-25 11:13:56 UTC
See screen shots. 

There is a “power on/off” button visible in the lock screen,
but when clicking on it, a dialog opens which offers a slider
to change the volume but nothing else.

Compare with the screen shot from gdm: gdm also shows  a very
similar menu, there is also a “power on/off” button and a speaker
button in the panel, but when clicking on this in gdm, the dialog
which opens has a slider to change the volume *and* a “power on/off” 
button (which can be clicked and works).
Comment 1 Mike FABIAN 2013-09-25 11:15:02 UTC
Created attachment 255672 [details]
shutdown-and-volume-lockscreen.png

“Shutdown and volume” clicked in the lock screen.
Comment 2 Mike FABIAN 2013-09-25 11:17:07 UTC
Created attachment 255673 [details]
shutdown-and-volume-lockscreen-enter-password.png

“shutdown and power on/off” clicked in the panel in the lockscreen
when the password entry field is shown.

There is only a volume slider here as well.
Comment 3 Mike FABIAN 2013-09-25 11:18:53 UTC
Created attachment 255674 [details]
shudown-and-volume-gdm.png

Similar button clicked in gdm:

A slider for the volume and a “shutdown” button appears.
Comment 4 Giovanni Campagna 2013-09-25 11:21:51 UTC
We don't show a power off button in the menu because we don't allow shutting down the machine without unlocking.

I guess we could remove the on/off icon from the panel in that case.
Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2014-07-29 01:10:14 UTC
yeah, I just noticed this. the issue is obviously that the icon misleads you as to the menu's abilities in this case. the icon should be something else in cases where the menu doesn't actually offer the ability to power down.

still valid in 3.13.
Comment 6 Florian Müllner 2015-03-19 01:13:51 UTC
*** Bug 737453 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 André Klapper 2017-08-15 23:25:20 UTC
By default I cannot see a "power off" icon in the top bar on the lock screen in 3.24, but maybe that's due to settings like in bug 711244 (though is that about the lock screen, or only the login screen)?

Hence wondering if this is still valid?
Comment 8 Florian Müllner 2017-08-15 23:38:56 UTC
(In reply to André Klapper from comment #7)
> By default I cannot see a "power off" icon in the top bar

You are likely using a laptop. The 'power' icon is used instead of the battery icon to make sure that there is at least one icon to access the system menu (all other indicators are optional).
Comment 9 André Klapper 2017-08-16 00:16:00 UTC
Ah. :)
Comment 10 Bastien Nocera 2017-08-16 09:47:11 UTC
(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #8)
> (In reply to André Klapper from comment #7)
> > By default I cannot see a "power off" icon in the top bar
> 
> You are likely using a laptop. The 'power' icon is used instead of the
> battery icon to make sure that there is at least one icon to access the
> system menu (all other indicators are optional).

Would be good if it was only ever shown when none of the others are. It would fix this problem and the question of why it's there in the first place.
Comment 11 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 14:10:42 UTC
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