> > If the activities menu is open I cannot open the menu in the upper right > corner. Ideally opening one menu should close the other. >
Last I tried gnome shell I was able to click my name in the overlay made so I guess the same will happen for system indicators too. > If the activities menu is open and I then I cannot press an icon on the > menu bar to open a minimized program such as empathy, gnotes, or > gnome-xchat. Ideally pressing an icon on the menu bar should close the > activities dialog. > I face the same problem in unity as well so the problem certainly is not in gnome shell. maybe gtk? On my laptop I have to press three buttons simultaneously to use the > shortcut alt-f1 to open the activities dialog. The problem is that f1 is > a two button combination. Perhaps you could change this shortcut to > something like ctrl-esc. > Super key also gets you to overlay mode so its a single key. Once the activities dialog is open, I would like to be able to use the > tab key or arrow keys to select a program or document to open. Right now > I have to use the mouse. Not sure about this but I *think* its fixed. > The menu bar contains a small graphic with the name of the window that > is presently open. As far as I can see this graphic doesn't do anything. > Perhaps you can replace it with a window-list. > Not getting you but if you are referring to the name of the window in the top panel in the latest versions its a menu but its not finished. currently clicking on it reveals a menu with 'quit' The menu in the upper right corner allows me to set my IM-status, but it > doesn't allow me to send an IM-message. I find that confusing. > I dont think its confusing at all. its used to set your status not chat. though gnome shell have message tray in the bottom. > The menu in the upper right corner has my name as a title. That makes it > difficult for me to search for help on google and in the gnome help > system. If I type my name in to google I don't get help on the > gnome-shell menu system. > Its the name of the user what do you expect? > The sidebar contains the same information as the activities menu, so > perhaps it is redundant. It would be nice to have something like the > windows sidebar where I can place a list of small helpful gadgets. > sidebar is removed in the later versions. it was indeed annoying.
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