From 84efaac52ba462236b7a0c98619541bbd8ebd77d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:21:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Exit the overview when activating most items

In all the cases where we activate GNOME 2 UI, e.g. the shutdown
dialog, pop out of the overview.  Otherwise, it's fairly broken
since you won't see the result of your action.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620525
---
 js/ui/statusMenu.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/ui/statusMenu.js b/js/ui/statusMenu.js
index 2b1244410..bf79186ee 100644
--- a/js/ui/statusMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/statusMenu.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('gnome-shell');
 const _ = Gettext.gettext;
 
 const GnomeSession = imports.misc.gnomeSession;
+const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const Panel = imports.ui.panel;
 
 // Adapted from gdm/gui/user-switch-applet/applet.c
@@ -136,27 +137,33 @@ StatusMenuButton.prototype = {
     },
 
     _onAccountInformationActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._spawn(['gnome-about-me']);
     },
 
     _onPreferencesActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._spawn(['gnome-control-center']);
     },
 
     _onLockScreenActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._spawn(['gnome-screensaver-command', '--lock']);
     },
 
     _onLoginScreenActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._gdm.goto_login_session();
         this._onLockScreenActivate();
     },
 
     _onQuitSessionActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._spawn(['gnome-session-save', '--logout-dialog']);
     },
 
     _onShutDownActivate: function() {
+        Main.overview.hide();
         this._spawn(['gnome-session-save', '--shutdown-dialog']);
     },