GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 34498
Add an option to swap gradient colors in Background settings
Last modified: 2011-07-14 15:38:54 UTC
Package: gnomecc Severity: wishlist Version: 1.2.2 Synopsis: Add an option to swap gradient colors in Background settings Class: change-request Distribution: Debian 2.2 System: Linux 2.2.14 i686 unknown C library: C library 2.1.3-13 C compiler: 2.95.2 glib: 1.2.8 GTK+: 1.2.8 ORBit: ORBit 0.5.5 gnome-libs: gnome-libs 1.2.8 libxml: 2.2.5 gnome-print: gnome-print-0.24 gnome-core: gnome-core 1.2.4 Description: It'd be nice if there were a little "exchange colors" button (similar to the double-headed arrow in The Gimp's toolbar) so that one could swap Primary & Secondary colors when setting a gradient background in Gnome CC. Thanks! -bill! ------- Bug moved to this database by debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-01-27 16:45 ------- This bug was previously known as bug 34498 at http://bugs.gnome.org/ http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34498 Originally filed under the control-center product and general component. Unknown version 1.2.x in product control-center. Setting version to the default, "unspecified". The original reporter (William.Kendrick@wcom.com) of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the exporter, debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org. Reassigning to the default owner of the component, bugmeister@canvas.gnome.org.
Changing the version number since this wishlist item is still valid.
*** Bug 50556 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 50725 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 50780 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 51772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 52463 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Marking priority up just because there are so many dups. If you guys get a chance, please look at this.
Setting the priority to low. This is a wishlist item. All those bugs that chema marked as dups are a different bug. I'll be fixing them too.
Updating all cc bugs that have the GNOME2 keyword set to the GNOME2.0 milestone, to help jrb triage/prioritize cc bugs. Filter on 'luis doing GNOME2 work' to ignore this spam.
SPAM as discussed last night. Search for 'SPAM as discussed last night' to catch these all and delete them. :)
Created attachment 45306 [details] [review] Patch to add swap gradient colors option
Created attachment 45307 [details] PNG icon from The Gimp project
I was looking for an easy bug to start with, and I found this one. I know it is rather old, but if anyone is still interested here is a possible patch. The PNG icon comes from The Gimp project.
Created attachment 46306 [details] Screenshot A screenshot of the patched capplet
Created attachment 47266 [details] [review] Patch updated with a different shortcut for 'swap' button The alt-c shortcut was already used by 'Close' button. Changed to alt-p
Thanks for the patch, Luca; control-center is sort of in maintenance limbo at the moment so I'm not sure who should take it. Might be worth poking Rodney Dawes (dobey@novell.com) and seeing what he thinks of it.
Hi Luis, I already contacted dobey some weeks ago on irc and he asked me to add a screenshot. I will do a second try.
Sorry. Been very busy with more important things. I don't really like the patch. It adds a very minor feature, yet it is very prominent in the UI. It seems like it would add some confusion to users. The use case seems like a corner case to me. I'm not exactly sure how we would do user testing on it either. Just telling the test subject that they want to swap colors is not a good test.
Hrmm. What if you put it in a right-click menu and maybe add some keybinding for it?
Keybindimgs shouldn't be a problem (I have just to learn how to add them :), but I can't find a good widget to be right clicked to pop a menu up, and I don't think that even right clicking dialog background is a good solution. What about extending the combobox menu? I have made a mockup (maybe it is better to use "Inverted Horizontal Gradient" and "Inverted Vertical Gradient" instead of "Swapped Horizontal Gradient" and "Swapped Vertical Gradient") but I'm not fully convinced even by this solution.
Created attachment 48933 [details] extended combobox menu mockup
I don't like the combo box solution. I don't see this as a necessary feature really.
so, please, do me, you and everybody else a favor and close this bug, otherwise people will spend time and effort implementing a feature you will never add to background capplet.
How about just doing it via drag and drop? It's not quite so easily discoverable, but since it really seems to be a corner case, anyway...
This bug hasn't been updated in more than for years, but still seems a valid wishlist request. With the new control center 3.0 backgrounds applet a button between the two color choosers to swap their value would not clutter the interface, and could work. Either this should be fixed somehow, or closed as WONTFIX.
commit dd1b9d8336badb9dca10c40133cff580c88c7185 Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> Date: Thu Jul 14 16:38:22 2011 +0100 background: Add "swap" button for gradients https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34498