[Bugs] #2804 NORM: Corner case: Control panel modal dialog gets restricted to activity view or obscured

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#2804: Corner case: Control panel modal dialog gets restricted to activity view or
obscured
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    Reporter:  m_anish      |          Owner:                             
        Type:  defect       |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Normal       |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar        |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Minor        |       Keywords:  dx2, dx3                   
Distribution:  Unspecified  |   Status_field:  New                        
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 I just encountered a interesting corner case which results in the control
 panel modal dialog being restricted to the activity view

 '''Testcase'''

 * Open a heavy activity like record which takes some time, or use a slow
 computer ;-)

 * While the activity is opening, quickly switch to home view (F3) and open
 the control panel.

 '''Observations: dx3, sugar-jhbuild/0.92'''

 (The usual control panel modal dialog opens)

 (The activity launches in the background behind the modal dialog)

 * While this is happening, the user can switch between different views
 (neighborhood, friend, home) and the control panel modal dialog is no
 longer visible there.

 '''Observations: dx2, sweets/0.88'''

 (The usual control panel modal dialog opens)

 (The activity launches and obscures the control panel modal dialog)

 * Closing the activity reveals the Control Panel modal dialog again

 OR

 * The user can try switching to different views where the dialog is no
 longer visible.

 '''Note:'''
 * I do not see any exception/traceback in shell.log which could have been
 caused by this.
 * Someone needs to test this on a 0.84 if possible. I don't have one
 close-by right now

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2804>
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