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Bug 737453 - lockscreen notification area has misleading power indicator
lockscreen notification area has misleading power indicator
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 708735
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: lock-screen
3.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-09-26 16:26 UTC by Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Modified: 2015-03-19 01:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
image of the misleading indicator + menu/dialog (131.33 KB, image/png)
2014-09-26 16:51 UTC, Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Details

Description Daniel Kahn Gillmor 2014-09-26 16:26:04 UTC
I've got a system that has no battery, and a single user account.  The user account is logged in, but the screen is locked.

While the screen is locked, the notification area at the top of the screen shows three icons: network, audio, and power (that is, the "power symbol" of a circle with a vertical bar in the upper part of it, like [0]).
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Clicking in that area pulls down a menu/dialog-ish thing that has indicators/controls for networking and audio, but nothing for power.

When the user is not logged in, the notification area is the same, but the menu/dialog-ish thing contains a functional power button.

I don't think the notification area should show the power symbol if it's not going to offer power indicators or controls, so either the lockscreen's menu/dialog should offer a power button, or the notification area shouldn't show the power symbol.


[0] http://unicodepowersymbol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IEC5009_Standby_Symbol-fs8.png
Comment 1 Daniel Kahn Gillmor 2014-09-26 16:51:18 UTC
Created attachment 287198 [details]
image of the misleading indicator + menu/dialog
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2015-03-19 01:13:51 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 708735 ***