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Bug 320814 - Mac-like sheets
Mac-like sheets
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 612726
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-11-06 16:23 UTC by Calum Robinson
Modified: 2010-07-10 03:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Calum Robinson 2005-11-06 16:23:06 UTC 
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/chapter_17_section_6.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000961-BGBDHEID

"A sheet is a modal dialog attached to a particular document or window, ensuring
that the user never loses track of which window the dialog applies to"

I can't think of any drawbacks (from a users point of view) with having sheets 
instead of free-floating modal dialogs.
Comment 1 Calum Robinson 2005-11-06 16:24:48 UTC 
Here's some discussion on the gtk mailing list about sheets:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2004-July/msg00160.html
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2010-07-10 03:07:24 UTC 
Mostly a window manager issue, I believe gnome-shell people were pondering something like this a while ago.
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2010-07-10 03:16:26 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Mostly a window manager issue, I believe gnome-shell people were pondering
> something like this a while ago.

Indeed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 612726 ***