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Bug 666738 - Make option to hide name from user menu
Make option to hide name from user menu
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: notification area
3.2.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-12-22 23:04 UTC by Moo
Modified: 2012-04-03 12:54 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.1/3.2


Description Moo 2011-12-22 23:04:42 UTC 
The user menu shows my name.
But I already know my name, so all it does is steal valuable space and add clutter making the user menu much more wider than other icons.

I would like an option to hide the name from the user menu so that it only shows the icon.
Comment 1 W. Martin Borgert 2012-04-03 10:43:18 UTC 
Yes, this was my first thought as well. But then my "significant other" suggested that when I'm logged in, her name should be displayed instead!

(Personal opinion: Showing ones name in the panel does not serve any obvious purpose. If somebody wants it, they can develop an extension.)
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2012-04-03 10:55:29 UTC 
We do this in gnome-panel by default to mimic the gnome-shell experience. If you don't want this, just remove the applet. So unless this changes in gnome-shell, we won't change it in gnome-panel.

Note that it's possible to write another applet doing the same thing without the name...
Comment 3 Moo 2012-04-03 11:25:27 UTC 
It would be nice with a setting that can be set via gsettings.

Then you can mimic gnome-shell experience by default, but users who don't want the visual clutter of valuable screen space can disable the name from showing.
Comment 4 Moo 2012-04-03 11:26:19 UTC 
Also, I would like to get rid of the name fron gnome-shell too.
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2012-04-03 11:38:18 UTC 
Please file a bug against gnome-shell, in that case. And then gnome-panel can respect this setting too.
Comment 6 W. Martin Borgert 2012-04-03 11:46:14 UTC 
Btw. is there any documentation explaining why the name is displayed in the first place? I can see no reason to show it, but surely there is some purpose in it?
Comment 7 Vincent Untz 2012-04-03 11:59:48 UTC 
You'd need to ask the design team, I don't know the reason. I guess it might be related to the "multiple users on one computer" case.
Comment 8 Moo 2012-04-03 12:54:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> Please file a bug against gnome-shell, in that case. And then gnome-panel can
> respect this setting too.

I just did.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641560

Bug #641560