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Bug 391467 - Properties dialog is too big
Properties dialog is too big
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 334800
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: VPN: openvpn
git master
Other All
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
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Reported: 2007-01-01 03:13 UTC by Faidon Liambotis
Modified: 2007-01-30 17:06 UTC
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Description Faidon Liambotis 2007-01-01 03:13:43 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
The nm-properties (properties/nm-openvpn-dialog) is too big when the "Optional Information" expander is expanded.
The dialog is sized at 389x774 (389x505 before the expansion) which doesn't fit on my 1280x800 resolution.

Since the plugin is extremely useful on laptops and most of the recent laptops have a native 1280x800 resolution, I consider the problem a major functionality loss, especially since there is no other way to set the hidden options.

Hence, I'm filling this bug as "normal" instead of "cosmetic"

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Comment 1 Faidon Liambotis 2007-01-01 04:45:52 UTC 
On a second though, the whole dialog needs a bit of revamping.
While "only use VPN connection for these addresses" is an optional feature that can be hidden from the inexperienced user but other options are essential for a proper connection. If your OpenVPN server is using Ethernet framing (TAP) or TCP, you won't be able to connect to it unless you enable these "optional" parameters.

Granted, "Optional" could be replaced by "Advanced" and all of these make sense. But in my experience, TAP and TCP are frequently-used options and should be promoted.

It would also be useful to have a dialog in which new options could be easily added. OpenVPN has a vast amount of options, some of which are really handy in some situations.
Having one big dialog doesn't really help when you constantly want to add more options, IMHO. IANA GUI designer though and I'm not intimately familiar with the HIG -- that's the reason I'm not providing patches btw.

Best regards,
Faidon
Comment 2 Teppo Turtiainen 2007-01-30 17:06:11 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. 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 334800 ***