unity panel make sticky

[Colin Law]

On 23 October 2011 22:05, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/10/23 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
>> On 23 October 2011 20:41, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun 23 Oct 2011 21:23:14 SAST, Colin Law wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> The menu itself is hidden at the moment and does not appear till the
>>>> mouse is over it, there is no reason why the panel should auto-appear
>>>> just as quickly as the menu itself appears at the moment, so there
>>>> would be no additional wait involved.
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Johnny means using the Gnome 2 option "Autohide" for taskbars where the
>>> panel is hidden. When the mouse is pointing to the first top pixel it will
>>> show the taskbar again.
>>
>> I know that, I was just making the point that there is no conceptual
>> reason that the panel could not appear just as quickly as the menu
>> currently appears on the bar, so no additional wait would be involved.
>>
>> Colin
>
> I guess my English is really bad (not my native language), because I
> don't really understand what you are saying here (and maybe this goes
> the other way around as well).
>
> This is how I would like it:
> We have a launch bar to the left and some kind of panel at the top of
> the screen, right? When I sometimes say ”the panel”, I mean that top
> panel, but let's just call it the top panel from now on.
>
> Ok, so when no windows are open at the current desktop surface, I can
> see the launch bar and the top panel. That's fine.
> Let's say I open a window now, which is NOT maximised. As soon as the
> windows is open, the launch bar is hidden, but the top bar is still
> visible. This is where I would like to be able to change the
> behaviour.
>
> When the launch bar is hidden I would like the top panel to be hidden as well.
> When I move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen, I would like
> the top panel to appear, but the launch bar to remain hidden.
> When I move the mouse pointer to the left of the screen, I would like
> the launch bar to appear. If the top panel also appears, it's OK but
> would prefer it not to.
> I would also like the launch bar to be moveable, so I can have it at
> the bottom of the screen, for instance.
>
> If I work with several not maximised windows at the same time at the
> same desktop surface, I don't want the top panel to be in the way for
> my not maximised windows, that's the only thing I ask for.
> If a window is maximised, then I don't mind the top panel being visible.
>
> The resolution of my Eee PC 900 screen is only 1024 × 600 (or
> something like that), so I would happily welcome any extra space I can
> get on the screen. In fact, every extra pixel is very welcome…

I think understood all that, my original comment was intended for
Bruce who said about the possibility of hiding the top panel, if I
understood him correctly:
"That means that every time you wanted to see the menu options, you
will have to wait for the menu to show from its auto-hide state and
then select an option. That would be very annoying for me personally."
My point is that you already have to wait (a very small time) for the
menu itself to appear on the panel and there is no conceptual reason
why the hidden top panel could not re-appear just as quickly.

It often annoys me that we have to wait patiently while things slide
aesthetically on and off screen or menus fade in and out artistically.
 I have better things to do in life than wait for such things, I would
prefer them to snap into existence instantaneously so I can get on
with my work.

Colin