The example with the volume control is indeed not valid any more. This
is because the volume control is not auto closing any more (it keeps
open until explicitly closed).
However, this bug can still be reproduced using any pulldown menu. I'll
rewrite the description accordingly.
** Description changed:
At various places throughout Ubuntu, pop-up windows are used. Some of
them auto-close if you click outside of their boundaries. The problem
is: This auto-closing swallows the mouse click, even if the mouse is
positioned over another GUI control (like a button). You have to click a
second time if you want to activate that control.
This is very unexpected, as usually you are not aware that the popup is
still open. I've seen quite some "ordinary" users which were confused by
"the computer" not recognizing their mouse click.
By the way, Windows also does not swallow clicks in this situation.
Steps to reproduce:
- make sure your Gnome panel is visible.
- - click once on the volume control icon in the panel (the popup is an
auto-closing panel).
- - click once on the Ubuntu start menu icon. Instead of the start menu
opening, the volume control popup closes.
+ - pull down a menu, e.g. the Applications menu (the menu is an auto-closing
panel).
+ - click once on the Firefox launcher. Instead of Firefox opening, the popup
menu closes.
This problem also affects menus that are still open, combo-boxes, etc.
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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auto-closing popup windows swallow mouse click
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180993
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