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Bug 702714 - classic session: the application menu occupy much space on the screen
classic session: the application menu occupy much space on the screen
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 745670
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: extensions
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-06-20 07:56 UTC by Alejandro HC
Modified: 2015-03-07 02:51 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.7/3.8

Attachments
space left (224.05 KB, image/png)
2013-06-20 07:56 UTC, Alejandro HC 		Details
application menu (mockup) (94.52 KB, image/png)
2013-06-20 08:03 UTC, Alejandro HC 		Details

Description Alejandro HC 2013-06-20 07:56:11 UTC 
Created attachment 247301 [details]
space left

In large monitors, the application menu can occupy half of screen (vertical) and third screen (horizontal), while small monitors, can occupy more than two thirds of screen (vertical) and almost half of the screen (horizontal). In projectors (usually 800x600 yet) occupies nearly the entire screen.

At a glance, one might gain some vertical and horizontal space, you could also remove one of the categories that repeated applications ("other"?)
Comment 1 Alejandro HC 2013-06-20 08:03:47 UTC 
Created attachment 247302 [details]
application menu (mockup)

To make a small mockup of how it would look aplicacón menu.
It makes better use of vertical and horizontal space. As an idea, I added a separator to differentiate the activities menu.
Comment 2 Bastián Díaz 2013-09-18 19:20:01 UTC 
I agree with this proposal for improvement. Beyond aesthetic problem, there is a practical one.

I have been using the GNOME classic session for a while, and it really becomes a problem when using the application menu from a projector.

Decrease the space occupied by the application menu (or put another way, saving screen space), would be a good solution to this problem.
Comment 3 Allan Day 2013-09-18 20:46:26 UTC 
Yes, it makes sense to reduce the width a bit.
Comment 4 Alejandro HC 2013-09-19 23:30:54 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Yes, it makes sense to reduce the width a bit.

Do you could also adjust the height of the menu?

The use of the categories in the menu is dynamic because it depends on if we have installed an application belonging any predefined category. So I think the height of the application menu must also be dynamic. (perhaps with a minimum to ensure usability)

Many users have maybe just basic applications, the application menu take up much space showing lot of empty space.

Moreover, the application menu also displays the folders "utilities" and "sundry", repeating many of the applications that can be found in other applications menu categories.
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2015-03-07 02:51:26 UTC 
(In reply to Allan Day from comment #3)
> Yes, it makes sense to reduce the width a bit.

This was done now.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 745670 ***