GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 94152
Applet Orientation and the size it will take on a right-edge panel are not predictable.
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I did the following, I added a right-edged panel and started adding all the applets available to it. I noticed the following two things, 1. The orientation is not predictable. Fish orients itself vertically. Whereas all other applets like mini-commander, cd-player applet, stockticker, clock, gweather orient themselves horizontally. Shouldnt all be of the same orientation? 2. The applets dont fit to the panel. The panel expands in width based on the width of the widest applet - in my case, the stockticker. And after this, the rest of the applets dont resize to fit to panel. IMO, panel should not dynamically widen. The applets should fit into whatever width the panel has been configured to. I am attaching a screenshot to convey what I am trying to explain.
Created attachment 11252 [details] An image to show the orientation & size of applets added to a right-edge panel.
Hema: Could you please open bugs against the applets in question that don't resize properly. Please make sure they have NOT been raised earlier. Just wondering on couple points though. 1) Why would I require a workspace applet to orient horizontally on a vertical panel ? I am not inputting anything, just clicking, so is the case with fish. 2) Would I like to have a mini-commander applet orient vertically ? Probabaly no, since i would need to input vertically which would not be so nice :) So I guess the general principle would be that, the applets that need some form of user input or those that provide some info (clock,gtick) would be oriented horizontally. While those that work on a click(fish, workspace switcher, etc) would be oriented vertically. The only question that remains is of re-sizing, and as requested above please open new bugs against the respective applets if they don't exist. Thanks.
Kevin, would like your inputs on this issue. And what would you advice? Need separate bugs be created for individual applets? Please let me know.
Kevin, I have moved the product to gnome-applets. But isnt Panel - resizing still be an issue which panel may need to resolve? Guess that may need to be a separate bug?
There is at least one bug filed for either stock-ticker or mini-commander for this issue. Those applets aren't meant for vertical panels so I don't think we should worry too much. It would be very difficult to do vertical text for the stock-ticker for instance.
Hema: what Arvind says is correct.