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Bug 317787 - window list width and sorting are not HIG-compliant
window list width and sorting are not HIG-compliant
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 310809
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: window list
2.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-10-03 03:30 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2005-12-30 10:55 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12



Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2005-10-03 03:30:13 UTC
The current window list does not conform to the GNOME Human Interface Guidelinese.

It groups windows when there's plenty of space left, compresses names in a way
they are not readable anymore (instead of grouping in some cases), etc.

Whatsmore, in "do not group windows" mode, if you close one window... then all
the others shrink! (not sure if it happens every time, haven't taken enough time
to test everything).

As an user, you expect the window list buttons to stay where they are when there
is no grouping. But it shrinks! It seems totally out of control (visually), and
makes some people really confused.

Here is a .mov video (1.7mB) to illustrate the problem. Feel free to archive it
and redistribute it as this server might sometimes be unavailable.

http://jeff.nanokron.info/bug-gnome_panel_window_list-shrink.mov

Other information:
Comment 1 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2005-10-06 01:58:27 UTC
Oh, another related behavior I want to add: if you have multiple windows, with
long names (just use openoffice and it will be long enough), if you minimize and
unminimize the longname window, the position of the widgets in the window list
will change slightly. That is also very strange visually. I guess that's due to
the fact that [ and ] are added around the window title.
Comment 2 Rob 2005-10-10 21:13:29 UTC
I also have this problem. With plenty of space left to display it unnecessarily
cuts off the title.
Comment 3 Evandro Giovanini 2005-11-03 00:14:26 UTC
This is a problem for me too.
Comment 4 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2005-11-18 19:40:02 UTC
I just put another video, I've seen this bug on every GNOME desktop I have seen
so far, could someone confirm? It would be really nice to have that investigated
for GNOME 2.14

http://jeff.nanokron.info/bug-gnome_panel_window_list-shrink2.mov
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2005-12-30 10:55:08 UTC
This is bug 310809.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 310809 ***