GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 144100
gnome-terminal full screen view blocks accessibility
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Using JDS-release_3 Build_11 -Launch GOK -Launch gnome-terminal -On gnome-terminal: View-> Full Screen -gnome-terminal now takes over the whole screen and GOK is hidden behind it. This scenario makes GOK unusable. GOK should appears on top of this application
Is this an allowed (HIG) behaviour? To cover the panels etc.
Frances: Is GOK in DOCK mode when you do this? If not, then this isn't really a bug (or at least isn't fixable without a new window manager type).
Bill: Yes, GOK is in DOCK mode
I don't see this with Cinnabar build 10.
s/Cbar/jds I don't see this with jds3-10. I don't think it's necessarily AP1 since there's a simple workaround (though it limits the end-user). Very strange though. Does this happen when other applications are maximized, as well, or only with gnome-terminal?
If you maximize gnome-terminal from the max button on the titlebar, GOK doesn't get obscured. Same for gedit and other applications I tried This bug only seems to occur when you select View -> Full Screen in gnome-terminal
Ah, I see. This is a gnome-terminal bug then, since it obscures _all_ panels. It's not fixable without a new window manager type, unless gnome-terminal's "full screen" option changes its implementation.
Since almost the same thing can be accomplished via maximizing the gnome-terminal window (from the window manager menu, or titlebar), this is certainly not an AP1 or even AP2 bug.
actually, thinking about this more... probably it _is_ AP2 since the GOK end user can lock himself or herself out by doing this. I suggest that in our own release of gnome-terminal (or any "accessible" gnome-terminal), the view->fullscreen option should be patched out, i.e. removed from the menu, as too dangerous.
Can a user use GOK (or AccessX) to press Ctrl-Shift-F1 to switch to the first virtual (text) console in Linux? If so, we are in a similar situation (though arguably a less easily unintentionally invoked one). I think it is a valid question how far we should go to protect the user from features like this. Mind you, I'm not saying *this* bug shouldn't be marked AP2; just thinking more broadly...
This is a dup of 136159; vte/gnome-terminal calls gdk_window_fullscreen, which sets the _WM_FULLSCREEN hint, which in turn obscures all panels. Making 'FULLSCREEN' not obscure GOK will require a new WM_TYPE or WM_STATE. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 136159 ***