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Colton Allen wrote on 25/06/12 18:35:
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> Reference Link
> <http://screencloud.net/img/screenshots/63c76ce1e289641269926a722b0c82bc.png>
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The panel's shadow should not overlay over non-focused applications.
> The panel's shadow is used for distinguishing the panel from the
> desktop. It is not for distinguishing between focused and
> non-focused applications. Applications already have their own
> focused and non-focused theme states. The shadow's overlay
> distracts from my overall experience and presents a hierarchy of
> focused applications > panel > non-focused applications.
> Applications should always take the forefront.
I don't think it's true that "The shadow's overlay ... presents a
hierarchy of focused applications > panel > non-focused applications".
When I look at your screenshot, I see the menu bar and the focused
window at exactly the same level, and unfocused windows on
successively lower levels:
you
[menu bar] [focused window]
[unfocused window]
[unfocused window]
====================== desktop =====================
When you say "Applications should always take the forefront", that
would mean the menu bar is below all windows:
you
[focused window]
[unfocused window]
[unfocused window]
[menu bar]
====================== desktop =====================
But then, what happens when you open a menu from the menu bar? The
menu appears on top of every window. (If it didn't, you couldn't use
it whenever there was a window in the same place.) That would make no
visual sense if the menu was being opened from a menu bar that was
below every window:
you
__[menu]_____________
/
\ [focused window]
\
\ [unfocused window]
\
\ [unfocused window]
_[title]__/
[menu bar]
====================== desktop =====================
But it makes perfect sense if the menu bar is level with the top window:
you
_[title]_[menu]_____________
[menu bar] [focused window]
[unfocused window]
[unfocused window]
====================== desktop =====================
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