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Bug 605536 - overly long window titles (and app names) cause problematic panel behavior
overly long window titles (and app names) cause problematic panel behavior
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 592640
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 613834 618507 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-27 11:49 UTC by Raphael Freudiger
Modified: 2010-05-26 17:27 UTC
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Description Raphael Freudiger 2009-12-27 11:49:16 UTC 
When a window changes its title it is changed in alt-tab and overview correctly, but the title in the panel is still the previous one. When changing the focus to another application and switching back the title is correct.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Open nautilus, it's title is shown in panel
2) Go to another folder in nautilus, the title of the window changes to the current folder, but not in the panel
3) Change focus to another application i.e the terminal and back to nautilus. Now the title is correct in the panel.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2009-12-29 14:55:08 UTC 
This is a real bug, but note that the window title isn't supposed to be showing in the panel, but rather the application name; it should show "File Manager" when you are working with a nautilus window. the problem is that your distribution doesn't include a desktop file for Nautilus, so the shell has to fall back to the window title.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2010-03-24 19:03:44 UTC 
*** Bug 613834 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Kai Lüke 2010-03-29 01:09:01 UTC 
Using Thunderbird 2, I see that the windows title and not the application name is used → many long entries in GS!
If a window title really long, the panel buttons are draged to the sides an you can't read anything.
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2010-05-13 06:32:02 UTC 
*** Bug 618507 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Colin Walters 2010-05-26 17:27:49 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 592640 ***