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10.5.5: confirm a bug for me: dashboard allows click-through to menubar

tkermit

tkermit

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If there's a widget positioned in such a way that it covers some of the rightmost part of the menu bar, where the clock, the energy options or the sound volume slider sit, and I click on the widget, the click-action is also registered by the underlying part of the menubar, and the respective menu opens.

I'm on a Macbook Core Duo. Wanted to check with others before reporting this to Apple. Thanks for your help !
 

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vincebio said:
nope not here

repaired permissions and ran monthly scripts yet?
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Permissions: yes, scripts: no, I guess I'll try some general maintenance operations with onyx, if nobody can reproduce this behavior.

Just in case I didn't make myself clear: I meant that you have to click on the exact spot of the widget where the underlying menubar item sits, which is partly or fully covered by the widget. The menu opens, as soon as I move the cursor a bit after that. It doesn't work with the spotlight icon, but does reliably with the clock, user switcher, battery icon and volume icon.
 
tkermit said:
thanks for the info! Are you also on a Macbook ? Maybe it's a driver thing.
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Am using a C2D MBP.
You only need to hold your mouse over a menu bar item and then move the cursor - it will then click-through, no widget needs to be in the way. I thought it was intended behaviour at first but it isn't as you can't actually select anything in the resultant drop-down menu.
 
Batt said:
Yup, and I don't have to have a widget in the way - just click through.
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:confused: That's even weirder. In that case it exits dashboard for me, and only then opens the menu. Are you sure you don't have a widget that actually claims the entire screen space (like one of those "christmas lights" widgets :p ).

edit: Seeing drlunanerd's explanation, I guess I can reproduce this, too. I invite everyone, to join me in reporting this to Apple. :)

(link for developers / for users)
 
drlunanerd said:
Am using a C2D MBP.
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ou only need to hold your mouse over a menu bar item and then move the cursor - it will then click-through, no widget needs to be in the way. I thought it was intended behaviour at first but it isn't as you can't actually select anything in the resultant drop-down menu.
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Alright, I get that also.
 
tkermit said:
:confused: That's even weirder. In that case it exits dashboard for me, and only then opens the menu. Are you sure you don't have a widget that actually claims the entire screen space (like one of those "christmas lights" widgets :p ).

edit: Seeing drlunanerd's explanation, I guess I can reproduce this, too.

Since the problem from my original post seems relatively reproducible, I'll report it to Apple.
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OK, that's what happens (exits Dashboard and then opens menu) but if I move my Homer widget over the menu bar, then, voila, the menus open up in Dashboard. Strange.
 
Confirmed. Although it won't click through text like 'FANS'
 

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It works in Tiger too.. I use it to get to the Volume Control sometimes without leaving Dashboard. I find it handy sometimes.
 
Batt said:
Looks that way. At least one person finds it useful, and it's not breaking anything.
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I was actually joking. The problem from my original post, I don't think could be by design, since it effectively keeps you from interacting with dashboard widgets when they are "badly" positioned.
 
tkermit said:
Wanted to check with others before reporting this to Apple. Thanks for your help !
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? Report it anyway. If it's know it'll get closed as duplicate and will push the priority higher. If it's not known then they can investigate it - it might well be related to other issues.

Either way, Apple benefit from your time and input.

AppleMatt
 
tkermit said:
I was actually joking. The problem from my original post, I don't think could be by design, since it effectively keeps you from interacting with dashboard widgets when they are "badly" positioned.
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I know, and i don't think it's by design, either, but it actually could be useful occasionally, and a badly positioned widget is only affected in a very narrow band at the top.
 
Confirmed here on a 2.4GHz Aluminum iMac. Weird, I've never noticed that before (will have to try on my MacBook too).

jW
 
confirmed! though in a different way:

click on any item in the menu bar that produces a menu
w/o closing the menu, open dashboard and move the cursor to the right most items in the menu bar (such as time, bluetooth, battery, etc)

also, if you have a window that you can type on (such as pages), then having that window active and then doing the above, you will then be able to type away in that active window while still in dashboard.
 
This was a bug that was solved in 10.4.1 or one of the early 10.4 point upgrades.

It reappeared in 10.5.0 and hasn't been fixed since.
 
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