#2269 NORM Untriag: tool bar with the most common actions should be selected when an activity starts

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#2269: tool bar with the most common actions should be selected when an activity
starts
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  Reporter:  cmeadors     |       Owner:  dcbw     
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  sugar        |     Version:           
Resolution:               |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0            |  
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Changes (by Eben):

  * owner:  Eben => dcbw
  * component:  interface-design => sugar

Comment:

 I'm in agreement with the notion that a "default" toolbar should be
 focused when the activity begins.  The initial logic behind showing the
 activity toolbar first was to encourage naming of the activities, however
 I fully agree that it's both confusing and frustrating to have to switch
 tabs.  We should add a parameter to the toolbar API which let's an
 activity specify this.

 The hope had been that the activity toolbar would only be shown when a
 ''new'' instance was created, that had not yet been named.  Resuming an
 already named instance would simply focus the default toolbar.  Still, I
 think even this will be an annoyance.  Hopefully a child's use of the
 Activity toolbar to stop the activity, which will of course reveal a
 default title when it hasn't yet been named, will be enough to encourage
 naming of activity instances.

 As far as ever-presence of the functions in the activity toolbar goes, I
 don't think there are any design changes we can make at this point.  These
 features were tucked away here specifically for the purpose of providing a
 consistent place for them without eating up extremely valuable screen
 real-estate on such a small screen.  I think that with a very short
 learning curve this will become natural, and with keyboard shortcuts for
 many of the functions, advanced users won't be hindered either.

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