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Bug 617597 - Compose message button behaves wrong with RTL locale
Compose message button behaves wrong with RTL locale
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Shell
2.28.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-05-04 02:56 UTC by Yotam Benshalom
Modified: 2010-06-05 18:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Button borders glitch: aesthetic problem accompanying the usability problem (37.87 KB, image/png)
2010-05-04 02:56 UTC, Yotam Benshalom 		Details

Description Yotam Benshalom 2010-05-04 02:56:40 UTC 
Created attachment 160235 [details]
Button borders glitch: aesthetic problem accompanying the usability problem 

See bug in ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/574758

When left-clicking the "compose new message" button in evolution, I should be transferred to a message composing window. This works well with an English locale.

However, with a Hebrew locale (rtl interface), evolution thinks I clicked on the narrow "list-opener" button nearby, and opens a list of options for composition (new message, new folder, new contact etc.) This comes with a slight aesthetic problem too: when hovering, it can be seen that the inverted triangle is not drawn directly on the narrow "list opener" but a bit to the side of it. A screenshot is attached.

This means that there is no way to start composing a new message with a single click.
This issue is similar, but not identical, to ubuntu bug #461289. In my case the buttons are perfectly visible, but they behave wrong.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: evolution 2.28.3-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 3 23:20:30 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:he_IL:en
 LANG=he_IL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
Comment 1 Matthew Barnes 2010-06-01 11:58:05 UTC 
Can you please retest with Evolution 2.30 or later, as we're using a standard GtkMenuToolButton now so the drawing issues you were seeing should be fixed (or reassigned to GTK+).
Comment 2 Yotam Benshalom 2010-06-01 12:09:50 UTC 
2.30 version is not yet in my distribution. However, this should be very easy to check if the problem exists. Just start gnome using an RTL interface and check if clicking the new message button opens a new message (good) or open the "new item" menu (bad).
Comment 3 Matthew Barnes 2010-06-05 18:59:45 UTC 
I tested with a Hebrew locale and the stock widget that's there now works as expected.

Closing as FIXED.