GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 644861
Window labels should not hide while the workspace switcher slides in
Last modified: 2011-12-09 04:21:07 UTC
In the overview, it seems window labels are hidden during the workspace switcher animations: - while the switcher slides in, then they reappear as soon as the switcher has completed its animation - when the switcher is changing workspace While I completely agree hiding labels in the second case, I think they should not be hidden during the slide-in/slide-out animations, as it creates unnecessary visual noise.
They're not hidden for design reasons, they're hidden because in the old workspace switcher it would have been more-or-less impossible to move constant-size labels in unison with shrinking windows. Various changes since then (removal of grid mode and aspect ratio restrictions) have probably made this much simpler.
Something similar happens if you drag a window (bug 650872).
Created attachment 202767 [details] [review] Make the window labels visible at all times When in overview, window labels flicker or are temporarily hidden on a number of occasions - when simply clicking around the area the windows are displayed in, dragging a window, sliding in the workspace list, adding new workspaces etc. This patch makes the label for any window visible at any given moment when in overview and the said window is not being dragged around.
Review of attachment 202767 [details] [review]: This looks fine to me.
Committed. Thanks for the patch, Zan! This is a really nice improvement.
Yay, thanks Zan, this really was a detail that mattered to me! :) Looks much better now.