GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 411576
vertical view: headers do not respect the font settings
Last modified: 2008-12-15 14:56:53 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #348099 +++ Please describe the problem: When using the vertical view the displayed headers in left column are not respecting the font settings. This is clone of Bug #348099 which I can't reopen. The problem is that the subject line uses fixed width font with fixed set size... which is a problem, because by default I have my fonts set to 8pt, and it looks like subject line font is set to 10pt (default for Gnome) and in that case, it's to big to fit in a line. Personally I would prefer to see subject line with theme font (Sans) or I would like to have ability to change the font of the subject line. For me it just look awful and it's unreadable. Please find attached screenshot. BTW: lines are marked with different colours, so if the subject will be in theme font, it will be still easy to recognize what is a 'from' and what is a 'subject' line. This is with evolution 2.8.3 / Gnome 2.16.3 Steps to reproduce: 1. set all fonts in Gnome to 8pt 2. open evolution 3. switch to vertical view Actual results: subject line has a fixed width font which doesn't fit the line Expected results: subject line respecting theme or ability to change / set custom font / size Does this happen every time? yes Other information:
Created attachment 83240 [details] vertical view screenshot
Making the fonts configurable for this would be nice, even if it's a matter of "saner defaults" with Gconf keys for more demanding types (like myself) to tweak it (font name, size, bold, italics, etc...)
You can override the font settings at MailPreferences/General also.
The font settings only apply to the messages themselves -- I was referring to the fonts of the columns (particularly in the wide view.)
I really don't want to add more to the preferences window. Im fine for a gconf at the worst case. I welcome a patch for this.
*** Bug 479278 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is a very annoying setting for otherwise outstanding feature, the vertical view. If there is no preference to change this, please make the default the variable width font. Using a fixed width font doesn't add value, and makes the message list an eye teaser.
Hmm, I think I can have a gconf key to say what to use. I vote for no preference window option. Ill take this for this release.
I vote for gconf key - at least I can change this settings, it doesn't have to be in preferences window.
I vote for the same font sizes for both From and Subject lines. I think that 1 space indentation of From OR Subject field combined with different background colour can make as good distinction as different font size while allowing to display longer Subject and more messages in view.
/apps/evolution/mail/display/vertical_view_fonts key (true/false) True - same fonts false - current behavior. Fixed in trunk/will be there in 2.21.91.
*** Bug 517241 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 523746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
vertical_view_fonts ? Can you not think of a better name? It doesn't even describe what it does, and I even myself can't figure out what it's supposed to do. Why does this even need to be an option? What's the use case for wanting a different message list font in vertical view than to horizontal view? Who switches between vertical and horizontal view frequently who needs one specific font for vertical but not horizontal? Sorry for all the questions, I just hate unnecessarily complicated codepaths caused because someone who wrote a feature snuck in something apparently braindead(!)
the susecase is that it's easier to read and understand if you have two lines describing only one email.
Its not for users who switch across views, but to recognize easily between the subject line and the sender/flags line.
Andre, I wasn't doubting the usefulness of vertical view. Sri, I'm sure we can think of better ways to do that. Row highlighting seems to be in use anyway.
Alexander: that's the point, by default 'vertical view' uses two different fonts to show header and subject - for header it uses sans-serif font, for subject it uses monospaced font. It does not look ok for some people (including me) so we asked about an option to have subject line shown using sans-serif font too. With row highlighting it works pretty well and sans-serif font look much better.
*** Bug 562962 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***