I guess this has been solved already. When you disconnect from a network by choosing another network, the name of the new network appears in the dropdown-list, just above 'Disconnect....'. And because you can see by the flickering icon that the connection has not been made, you have all the elements in which you can determine the network status (name + connection status).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386081 Title: No visual indication upon choosing another WiFi network Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in Ubuntu network, Bluetooth, keyboard menus: Incomplete Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When choosing another WiFi network with Network Manager instead of the one that it tries to connect to there's no visual indication if it keeps trying the old one, switched to trying a new one or just didn't get the command. A simple stopping and restarting icon animation and a notification with relevant text would help the issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/386081/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp