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Bug 594978 - nautilus: View/list - Unable to shrink fields, like name (long file names)
nautilus: View/list - Unable to shrink fields, like name (long file names)
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: List View
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-09-12 08:07 UTC by Jari Aalto
Modified: 2009-09-12 08:59 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jari Aalto 2009-09-12 08:07:03 UTC 
Cf. Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/546287

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.26.3-1
Severity: normal


1. Open nautilus
2. Visit directory where file names are 100+ or more characters long
3. Select View -> List
4. Put Mouse-1 on field "Name", just before "Size" column to adjust size
   of field
5. Try to shrink the length of "Name" field to the left

=> Can't be done so that file names would be truncated.

The length of the frame of the program is so long, that it barely fits on
the screen area. The inability to shrink the fields makes the program useless
for dealing with long file names.

See picture for examples of long file names.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=picture.png;att=1;bug=546287
Comment 1 Josselin Mouette 2009-09-12 08:17:33 UTC 
The Debian version is patched so that the "Name" column is an expander column. You just have to reduce the window size and it will follow. 

This makes this bug both NOTGNOME and INVALID. Pick your choice.
Comment 2 A. Walton 2009-09-12 08:59:28 UTC 
NOTGNOME it is. Thanks Josselin.