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Bug 597085 - can't use status icons from overview
can't use status icons from overview
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 613008 614118 620282 627784 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-10-02 08:55 UTC by Richard Hughes
Modified: 2010-10-16 21:32 UTC
See Also:
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Description Richard Hughes 2009-10-02 08:55:15 UTC 
A more general problem I guess, I can't left or right click the status area notifications in overview mode, nor do I get the tooltips. This might be by design, but it seem a purely artificial limitation to something that I expected to be able to do. If this is by design, feel free to close this WONTFIX, I won't be insulted. :-)
Comment 1 Dan Winship 2009-10-02 10:56:45 UTC 
it is not by design; the problem is that the way the overview works makes it difficult have any normal interactions with X windows while it's up.

bug 582653 is somewhat related
Comment 2 Adam Reeve 2010-02-26 05:46:08 UTC 
I'd just like to add that the user menu doesn't appear either.
Comment 3 Dan Winship 2010-03-16 13:17:00 UTC 
*** Bug 613008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2010-03-27 18:38:34 UTC 
*** Bug 614118 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2010-06-01 17:22:24 UTC 
*** Bug 620282 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Florian Müllner 2010-06-01 17:24:37 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'd just like to add that the user menu doesn't appear either.

This part has been fixed
Comment 7 Florian Müllner 2010-08-23 23:27:07 UTC 
*** Bug 627784 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 William Jon McCann 2010-10-16 21:32:03 UTC 
Yeah and we're now making efforts to remove them partly for this reason.  See:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Guidelines/MessageTray/Compatibility

Probably not worth keeping the bug open though as we progress.