Panel - Should have Drop Shadow

Not sure that there should be one, after all the launcher is becoming less and less a "solid" object with gaining transparency and all.

 status confirmed
 importance low

There should be a small shadow from the top panel on the desktop. When
the launcher is locked in place, there should also be a shadow onto the
desktop from it as well, but when it's an overlay, that's not the case.

Mark

This needs to be implemented at the WM level. We will have to see how to make this work.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Jason Smith <email address hidden> wrote:
> This needs to be implemented at the WM level. We will have to see how to
> make this work.
>

Set the MwmDecorBare hint on the panel window
http://www.vaxination.ca/motif/VendorShell_3X.html

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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688555
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> Title:
>  panel shadow
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  from all those unity pictures there is one thing missing.. a panel shadow :)
>
> pls implement it..
>
>
>

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Sam Spilsbury

Asking Cimi to research the best solution to implement this change request: whether it's a WM thing or an additional rendering step for the panel itself.

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.8.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
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      (LP: #711916)
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      restack relative to destroyed windows that were never mapped
      (LP: #723014)
    - does not display icons until hovered (LP: #726033)
    - Unity Launcher has black spaces where icons should be (LP: #729353)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in sigc::internal::signal_emit0<void,
      sigc::nil>::emit() (LP: #729715)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in SimpleLauncherIcon::OnIconThemeChanged()
      (LP: #741652)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in free() (LP: #738864)
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      (LP: #742555)
    - Windows that reparent away from the root before they are mapped can
      cause other windows to become invisible (and compiz to crash)
      (LP: #743011)
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      (LP: #742712)
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      (LP: #744973)
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    - Don't create windows over the launcher (LP: #688816)
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      (LP: #723878)
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good afternoon

this option seems un-set-able with CCSM .

Please how to remove the panel shadow ?

As it seems this patch introduced a regression.
The drop shadow is visible on all workspaces if you use <super>+<s>.
I would expect to see no shadow on the workspaces if I use the workspace switcher.

The same type of regression is visible when the panel opacity is set to a low value through the compiz settings manager.

Thanks for panel shadow, but it is too intensive. Please adjust that shadow to be the same darknes/intensity like regular shadows around the windows. I dont wanna open new bug for such a trivial thing :)

Thats being worked on. sorry I developed it on a dark wallpaper, plus I am no artist :P

I did the update to 3.8.2 and I see no shadow under the panel. What's wrong you think?

I see the shadow, but agree it's too heavy. I think matching the
unfocused-window-shadow would be perfect.

Mark

I think compiz should be used to draw that shadow like in classic desktop (gnome-panel).