Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 109555
Metacity/Bluecurve doesn't obey "Fitt's Law" when maximized
Last modified: 2014-01-21 17:48:44 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031030 Epiphany/1.0.4 Description of problem: I don't know if this is intended behavior or not, but maximized windows in GNOME using metacity don't obey Fitt's law; for example, when the mouse is pressed against the top right of the screen and clicked, it grabs the menubar instead of activating the close button. I think it should behave according to Fitt's law since the rest of GNOME strives to behave this way too. Thanks Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Maximize a window 2. Notice how moving the mouse against the top left or right edge of the screen and clicking doesn't activate a button. 3. Additional info:
triage->upstream also - an explanation of fitt's law would be useful when you file it upstream.
From the GNOME 2.4 release notes: "The panel and all applets now comply with "Fitt's Law" â You can click on them at the very edge of the screen" Sorry if that wasn't clear 8) By the way, what exactly does it mean to file a bug "upstream"? I'm kind of new to bugzilla.
bugzilla.gnome.org - this bug isn't a red hat bug it's most likely a metacity bug and therefore should be filed upstream, at gnome's bugzilla.
Please report back to this bug, when you do file it upstream. It's good to have the upstream bugnumber references here.
This was filed upstream to Gnome at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97703 Note that there is some debate there as to whether this should be fixed in the shipped themes or in metacity itself.