GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 321462
gnome menu icons change size on first view
Last modified: 2007-02-17 12:54:15 UTC
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu 5.10 The first time I use the gnome main menu after booting, there is a tiny glitch in the display of the icons. They are displayed, and then about 1-2 seconds later their size is reduced by a small amount, maybe only a pixel. This appears to only happen with certain GTK themes, which change the height of menu items.
Can you specify a theme causing this?
I'm seeing this with the Clearlooks theme that comes with Ubuntu.
what version of clearlooks is that? I am using the latest from cvs. I believe I can see what you mean, but you need to take a very close look even on a slow machine (1Ghz). It is best observable on very long menus,e .g. the "extras" or "games" submenu. When opening, fix your eye on where you believe the last items are going to appear. The menu opens and text is displayed without icons (when opened for the first time). Keep your eyes fixed. A few moments later (heck, not 1-2 seconds, maybe 1/4 second) the icons will show up. Notice that the text seems to "shift" vertically just before the icons appear. This effect seems to accumulate, i.e. it is strongest for the last items and the better visible the more entries the menu has. Could indeed be a one-pixel shift per entry, hardly noticable for short menus. Is that what you are talking about?
I'm using the clearlooks that comes with Ubuntu 5.10. I can't find any sort of version information inside the theme files. I think you're seeing the same thing. 1/4 of a second seems right (I'm on an Athlon 3000+ with 1GB of RAM). I notice it on the Applications menu, then on the Accessories menu. After that, the menus are normal, as if whatever is resizing the icons has finished.
I am confirming this report. Priority is LOW as this does not cause major headache. Olav asks me to blame Vincent .. assigning to gnome-panel then :)
Actually blaming Vincent now.... :)
*** Bug 325826 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 328004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/46310 "Program menu size is not consistent with and without icons When clicking Programs, Places or System it sometimes takes some times before the icons are loading. When this happens the text is displayed first displayed. When the icons is loaded they are displayed at once, and the menu grows bigger. This is a problem when you have moved your mouse over some text and tries to click at it, then suddenly you open a wrong program. Also it is irritating for the eye that the menu changes size."
*** Bug 345621 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think that #321462 is the same as this bug, but occurs when the menu is in a top panel. Can someone with the permissions add #321462 as a depends-on?
(In reply to comment #11) > I think that #321462 is the same as this bug, but occurs when the menu is in a > top panel. Can someone with the permissions add #321462 as a depends-on? Ignore this comment, it should have gone into #313813.
Actually, with Gnome 2.16, the icon size is constant for me. All I see only on the preferences menu is a slight vertical *text* shift when the icons get inserted. Joachim?
I'm definitely seeing the text shift you describe. I don't think I can see the icon size change any more.
Thus closing this report since the original problem is gone.
From a comment on the Ubuntu bug that's still happening with GNOME 2.17: "I guess it depends on what is meant by a "text shift". The text does move around, but it's a lot more than the 1 pixel or so described in the linked bug. It's enough to be a problem: clicks can easily miss the intended target) The problem that I see (sometimes; it's hard to reproduce): Click Applications menu. Applications menu shows up, missing icons. spacing of menu items is the same as if icons were there. After a time of several seconds during which the menu is insensitive to mouseover, the menu items move to the spacing they perhaps should have if there were no icons. After another time of a few seconds (less than the previous step), the icons reappear and the menu items move again back to where they should be. They don't always all return at once." reopening the bug
Fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major release. Thank you for your bug report.