GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 428943
optimize panel & Co. for vertical use
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:23:01 UTC
I am one of the few (?) users who prefer one big vertical panel (left hand side, ca. 50-100 pixel wide) to the two horizontal Gnome standard panel ratio: - monitors get wider, and I prefer to have the full vertical range of the monitor free for my applications (mostly code or text editors) - I use most programs in full-screen size; I still confuse horizontal panels with program menus, status bars etc. ------- using Gnome panels in vertical mode works, but it is a absolutely annoying; my main problem is the waste of space in wide panels - the main menu: options to improve: + reduce to Gnome-Icon + use horizontal text for the three main menu items if the panel is wide enough - the icon area to fast-start frequently used programs wastes space options to improve: + stick to small icons or give a option to set icon size, + align icons in several rows if there is sufficient space - the window list options to improve: + use fixed vertical size (i.e. icon size + 2 pixel) - the applets list options to improve: + align applets in several rows if there is sufficient space + don't magnify applet icon (for example, the 'power-off' button) ---- if possible, spend an hour with KDE or (may I name it?) Windows: both desktops provide panels that work perfectly well in vertical mode Other information:
I'm second this. It's very annoying to the point I'm thinking of switching to KDE. Please people, I cannot believe none of the Gnome devs has a wide screen monitor. Working with a vertical panel is much more natural and saves a lot of screen estate. The vertical layout works beautifully in KDE, XP and Vista, please make it work in Gnome too! P.S. I'm using Gnome 2.22 (Ubuntu 8.04)
There's a very old bug 86382 which is related to this one.
(In reply to comment #0) > - the icon area to fast-start frequently used programs wastes space > options to improve: > + stick to small icons or give a option to set icon size, > + align icons in several rows if there is sufficient space Michael, you should try the quick-lounge-applet from the trunk (or with patch 110583 applied), it works much better in vertical mode than default launchers.
Also see bug 531371
In addition to what predecessors said, also the list of windows doesn't align well. If there are few windows opened the bars are OK, wide as the panel, one under another. But if there are more windows opened bars are split into two columns even though there is much room for them to appear in a single column. When there are two columns, if you move cursor over bars their alignment switch simultaneously between single/double collumn (blinking) and you can't select a bar you want. This is definitely a bug. I'm using GNOME Panel 2.28.0 on Ubuntu 9. I think it would be the best if the panel position (L/T/R/B) would be independent of elements orientation (vertical/horisontal) which should be also configurable.
See http://versia.com/2009/09/06/vertical-panel-in-gnome-15-months-later/
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