GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 310291
PNG export options dialog is way too large
Last modified: 2006-10-14 18:20:32 UTC
Distribution/Version: Fedora Core 4 Create an image and save it to PNG. The dialog asking for export options will appear taking most of the screen size. This issue is present in both 2.2.x and 2.3.x branches. To be honest, I don't think that it's translator's fault. Crop dialog suffers in this aspect as well, just a little bit less. Screenshot is attached.
Created attachment 49128 [details] 'Save as PNG' dialog in Russian 'Save as PNG' dialog in Russian
This happens because the text on two of the buttons is kinda long. I don't know Russian, but maybe the translation could be shortened somehow?
Well, this is not that easy :) Like I said, I don't think that it's translator's fault. There is no one-word equivalent to the word "defaults" in Russian. Anyway, 5 buttons in a dialog like this one look quite strange. I don't remember myself reading use cases for this dialog. Does anyone actually use "load/save defaults". Not that I'm trolling. I'm curious.
Yeah, as far as i know the word 'defaults' may be translated in two ways: 'исходные настройки' or 'настройки по-умолчанию'. Neighther first nor second are not as short as 'defaults'. Also there is word Load.
OK, thanks for the info. Assigning back to GIMP to get their opinion.
Would it be possible to move the Save defaults and Load defaults buttons away from the bottom row to somewhere else and maybe also organize the options into two columns? That would make the dialog considerable smaller.
Of course, I never liked the buttons there. Actually they should be removed entirely. The functionality of being able to save defaults should be available in all filters and should be offered in a consistent way by the plug-in dialog. This was planned for 2.4 but since noone is actively working on it, perhaps we should do a quick fix for the PNG dialog.
BTW, turning off Help buttons in the Preferences will help to improve the dialog layout for you.
Sven, I really didn't know that it's possible to switch off the Help button. Thank you for the pointer!
The same problem exist with the export to png dialog (in hungarian language). I attache a screenshot.
Created attachment 57872 [details] Export to png dialog windows in hungarian language
Bumping target to Future since there is no sign that this is going to be addressed for 2.4.
*** Bug 342836 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed in CVS: 2006-05-24 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * plug-ins/common/png.c: moved "Load defaults" and "Save defaults" buttons to a separate line. Fixes bug #310291.
*** Bug 361955 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***