This is an interesting idea, but very difficult in practice because the Unity Greeter (the login screen) is a completely different process than the Unity Shell you are (or may be) logging in to. Under the Unity 7 / Xorg regime, they are not even run on the same display server.
This enhancement is actually possible on the converged desktop under a Unity 8 / Mir regime. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218793 Title: Menu bar should stay during login also with Luncher icons Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Hello, the menu bar should not disappear during login. Also the Luncher icons could preserve. It would look better and it could be possible to switch on/of the WiFi network for example. Why the network should be configurable befor or after login and not continuously during the login? Thanks HG ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.21-lowlatency 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Fri Aug 30 10:45:29 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-11 (18 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1218793/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp