Debian: display <transp. gif> does not allow to access menu

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Debian: display <transp. gif> does not allow to access menu

Post by fnatter »

hi,

I reported this Debian bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=758276

But it may take some time until it's picked up by the over-worked package maintainer(s), so I post it here.

NOTE: the image link currently does not work since the server is down, but the same image is available here:
http://www11.pic-upload.de/13.08.14/r8i8aqbyq6gf.gif

Thanks and Best Regards,
Felix
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Re: Debian: display <transp. gif> does not allow to access

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To bring up the "display" menu you must click on a non-transparent pixel in the image. Otherwise your "click" will be intercepted by the window underneath the image.
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I realize this, but isn't that quite hard on a transparent gif with just a few non-transparent pixels?

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fnatter wrote:I realize this, but isn't that quite hard on a transparent gif with just a few non-transparent pixels?
Yes. I don't know why, but if you convert it to PNG and display that, sometimes it's shown against a checkerboard pattern
and you can "click" anywhere to bring up the "display" menu.
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Re: Debian: display <transp. gif> does not allow to access

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hi,

IMHO the checkerboard pattern should be there by default OR the clicks shouldn't be intercepted.

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Felix
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