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Bug 738458 - Very long wlan device names make some information show outside of the screen
Very long wlan device names make some information show outside of the screen
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 791292
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nm-applet
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: NetworkManager maintainer(s)
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-10-13 13:01 UTC by sturle
Modified: 2018-02-22 16:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
symbols disappearing outside of the screen due to long device name (50.60 KB, image/png)
2014-10-13 13:01 UTC, sturle 		Details

Description sturle 2014-10-13 13:01:08 UTC 
Created attachment 288384 [details]
symbols disappearing outside of the screen due to long device name

With very long wlan device names, like "(Qualcomm Atheros AR5418 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008E 802.11(a)bgn] (PCI-Express) (AirPort Extreme))", the symbols for signal strength and encryption disappears outside of the right screen edge.  See attachment.

I would be happy if the unhandled device disappeared from the list as well.  It has no function in the list other than to consume space.  I worked hard enough to make Network Manager stay off it.  It is inconsistent as well.  My other unhandled device, lo (loopback), is not displayed.
Comment 1 Jiri Klimes 2015-04-23 14:54:24 UTC 
Could you please report your network-manager-applet version and distro you use?
The Gtk version might be of interest too.

It seems to me that I already saw this issue.
Comment 2 Thomas Haller 2018-02-22 16:01:16 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 791292 ***