[Bug 44433] Scrolling with mouse wheel quickly over taskbar makes tasks glow (alert)

Joseph Garvin k04jg02 at kzoo.edu
Fri May 12 21:07:51 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Usually when a window wants your attention, it will cause the window to
blink in the task bar (like when  you receive an IM). But you can make
_any_ window do this, simply by scrolling with the mouse wheel too
quickly through tasks in the task bar.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a bunch of windows
2. Move mouse over taskbar
3. Scroll mouse wheel up and down quickly

You'll notice some of the windows in the taskbar (seems random) will
start doing the glow/blink effect. This is really confusing if you get
used to quickly scrolling down on the taskbar to look at the last window
you have open or quickly scrolling up to look at the first.

I'm guessing for some reason gnome is reading the alert status of the
window correctly if you switch from it too quickly.

** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Scrolling with mouse wheel quickly over taskbar makes tasks glow (alert)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44433




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