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Bug 687969 - Application names are truncated and never shown completely
Application names are truncated and never shown completely
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 663725
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 699078 700940 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-11-09 10:30 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2018-05-31 16:58 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
1.png (483.52 KB, image/png)
2012-11-09 10:30 UTC, Pacho Ramos 		Details
No distinction between similar application icons. (574.11 KB, image/png)
2013-05-24 10:57 UTC, Age Bosma (IRC: Forage) 		Details

Description Pacho Ramos 2012-11-09 10:30:51 UTC 
Created attachment 228533 [details]
1.png

As you can see in attached screenshot, there is no way to read full application name when it's a bit long, even keeping the mouse over the icon doesn't show the complete name
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2013-05-24 09:35:35 UTC 
*** Bug 699078 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2013-05-24 09:36:12 UTC 
*** Bug 700940 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Age Bosma (IRC: Forage) 2013-05-24 10:57:45 UTC 
Created attachment 245225 [details]
No distinction between similar application icons.

I too feel that this needs to be addressed, as expressed in bug #700940. It leaves the user without a complete view of the application name, causing issues with similar names.

See attachment for an illustration. You wouldn't know which application to click if you don't know its complete name.

From bug #700940:
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It would be nice to display a tool-tip with the complete name when you hover
over those items.
An alternative would be to extent the name line to a multi-line text when an
icon is either selected with the keyboard or when hovering over the icon with
the mouse.
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P.s. I believe this issue should be reassigned to the "Overview" component.
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2018-05-31 16:58:16 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 663725 ***