Give shortcut overlay a distinctive opening animation (to imply it isn't an app) #93
Description
Problem
I feel like it's good you can't drag it around, but it still doesn't feel as system component-y like the audio and brightness overlay or applications menu.
Proposal
Hardcode/find a smart way for Gala to animate the opening of the overlay differently, maybe the window could:
- Classic fade in/out (the same way notifications fade out)
- Fade in/out but subtly play a slight 'flip' animation when opening (a little whimsy, but it might be funny to try and see how well it works outside of notif's)
- Fade in and slide in from the bottom¹ (could make it resemble getting out a map)
- Fade in and slide in from the top¹ (could look like it's coming from wingpanel, an unchanging system component)
- Reverse app opening anim by shrinking in rather than expanding
¹ Play the last X milliseconds of the slide in or out like the application menu does, otherwise it could be nauseating
Prior Art
Applications menu, notifications, wingpanel and other system components do already have their own animations