Towards the statement "This is really not an important bug": it is blatantly visible to the end user; it is reproducible; it should be straightforward to fix (I'm not a Gnome developer though I have worked in other GUI systems).
The workaround (restarting gnome-panel: http://mylinuxnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/09/restart-gnome-panel.html) is not exactly trivial for a beginner. Others have commented on finer-grained control of gnome-panel: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1574254&page=2 Perhaps a hot-key to control the gnome-panel is in order, including one that will restart it (in the case where key and mouse events are prevented from reaching it)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556311 Title: gnome-panel freeze on cascading contextual app-launcher menu -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
