function dragLauncherIntoView() {
            var startX = launcher.dragAreaWidth/2;
            var startY = launcher.height/2;
            touchFlick(launcher,
                       startX, startY,
                       startX+units.gu(8), startY);

            var panel = findChild(launcher, "launcherPanel");
            verify(!!panel);

            // wait until it gets fully extended
            // a tryCompare doesn't work since
            //    compare(-0.000005917593600024418, 0);
            // is true and in this case we want exactly 0 or will have pain later on
            tryCompareFunction( function(){ return panel.x === 0; }, true );
            tryCompare(launcher, "state", "visible");
}