#5872 NORM Future : Need support for delayed frame activation in control panel

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#5872: Need support for delayed frame activation in control panel
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  Reporter:  ghopper  |       Owner:  marco                                  
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                                    
  Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  Future Release                         
 Component:  sugar    |     Version:                                         
Resolution:           |    Keywords:  frame hot corner popup activity toolbar
  Verified:  0        |    Blocking:                                         
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Comment(by HoboPrimate):

 Replying to [comment:9 Eben]:
 > Replying to [comment:8 BHunsaker]:
 > > > Toolbar Hiding was an idea on the table in the early days of
 toolbars, which we've since thrown out
 > >
 > > The screen space will always be a constrained resource.  It should be
 allowed/expected that the current activity will desire use of the whole
 screen.  I hope whatever has replaced toolbar hiding will account for
 this.
 >
 > I should rephrase my previous statement.  All sugar activities (written
 in python) will naturally inherit support for fullscreen mode, which will
 hide the toolbars and the tray (if the activity has one -- as in browse),
 giving full use of the screen area to the main activity canvas, be it a
 drawing, slideshow, video, text document, etc.  This mode is always
 available via ALT-ENTER (activities may embed an icon in the toolbar to
 expose this if they wish).  We chose not to support automatic
 hiding/showing of the toolbar while in fullscreen mode via the screen
 edges to prevent confusion with the Frame.
 Will you reconsider this? More than once have I wished to browse in
 fullscreen and have spurious access to the toolbar with a mouse movement
 to the top. And why would it create confusion if its mode would only be
 set by switching to full-screen, and it would be activated by the top-edge
 which isn't used by the frame? Perhaps I'm thinking about myself, and not
 kids though...

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