GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 244429
Unable to see Ok-Cancel buttons in 800x600 with xD2
Last modified: 2012-10-29 18:44:57 UTC
Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: GNOME2.2.2 1.4.0 os_details: Ximian, Inc. Synopsis: Unable to see Ok-Cancel buttons in 800x600 with xD2 Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Shell Description: Description of Problem: When I run 800x600 res, running ximian desktop 2, and I go to Tools -> Preferences, I am unable to see the OK-Cancel buttons, and alt-dragging doesn't let me "move" the window up high enough to see. Using default settings for xd2 -haven't customized yet. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open Evolution 2. Go to Tools Menu, then Preferences. 3. Try to see OK/Cancel buttons Actual Results: Unable to see OK button. Unable to see Cancel button. Other buttons?? Expected Results: See OK and Cancel button, maybe Apply or something else. How often does this happen? Always in 800x600 with standard xd2 load on rh8. Additional Information: none Unknown reporter: cwiegand@signalbhn.org, changed to bugbuddy-import@ximian.com. Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
*** bug 244525 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
this has come up from other customers too, any chance we can tweak this in 1.4.x?
"I told you so" But nobody listened :)
Also noticed that a user CANNOT move a window "underneath" the menubar at the top. (ie. I can't take any window and, using Alt-Drag, move it so that the top of that window is in any way blocking the menubar, even if I wanted to.) Perhaps make it so that the user can move it, even if the menubar is set to AlwaysOnTop, so that the moved window is "below" the menubar as far as Z-levels go? This bug also affects Xinerama - on my 2nd screen, even though there's no menubar it still reserved the entire area, so I can't even move the dialog to that screen (and get around this problem...)
adding dependency
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we'd have to completely change the way the windows work to fix this - the HIG means we have to blow up everything duplo-child-sized, which simply fails to scale.
changing target milestone from ancient 2.3 to future.
Should we make an 800x600 resolution tracker bug? Or are all these bugs actually talking about the same window? (Bug 350932, bug 239706, bug 244429, bug 267787, and bug 262546?)
*** Bug 418120 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 423330 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 476769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updating the version to 2.30.x The depends for this bug is already set.
*** Bug 644822 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 653008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 653547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I just fixed the preferences window within bug #267787, hence I'm closing this as a duplicate of it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 267787 ***