[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#450910: xfce4-panel: "add items to panel" dialogs should not always be on top

[Michael Gilbert]

Package: xfce4-panel
Version: 4.4.1-2
Severity: normal

the xfce "add items to panel" dialogs (right-click on panel and select
"add new item") are always on top.  this is modal behavior, which is
generally considered bad for user interfaces.  the user has difficulty 
working with the rest of the system while these windows are up.

for example, i wanted to figure out where an icon was to use for a
launcher, but the window was always on top, so i kept moving around my
terminal, so i could see what i was doing.  it made the process much
more difficult and frustrating than it should be.

thanks for the hard work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfce4-panel depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.20.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.6.1-6          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.4.10-1         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libexo-0.3-0            0.3.2-5          Library with extensions for Xfce
ii  libfontconfig1          2.4.91-1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.5-1+b1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.14.2-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.12.1-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.4-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.18.3-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-3   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                  2:1.0.3-1+b1     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification 0.9-1            library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1          1:0.3.2-1+b1     X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1             1:1.1.9-1        X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1             1:1.1.1-3        X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4mcs-client3     4.4.1-1          Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  libxfce4mcs-manager3    4.4.1-1          Manager library for Xfce4 configur
ii  libxfce4util4           4.4.1-1          Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-4           4.4.1-1          Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                  2:1.1.3-1        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.2-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.4-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-7 compression library - runtime

xfce4-panel recommends no packages.

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