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Bug 703106 - User list and login box should be fixed width
User list and login box should be fixed width
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: login-screen
3.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Ray Strode [halfline]
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-06-26 09:54 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2013-09-26 15:31 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.7/3.8


Description Allan Day 2013-06-26 09:54:55 UTC 
The user list and login box should occupy the same position on screen - this ties them together and makes the experience much more coherent.

Right now this doesn't happen, because they have variable widths to accommodate the long user names.

I would suggest wrapping the user name over two lines in the case of overflowing names. If the name won't fit on two lines, ellipsize it (cutting off whole words - don't show only part of a name word).

See https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/system-lock-login-boot/login-dissect.png
Comment 1 Allan Day 2013-06-26 22:22:53 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
... 
> I would suggest wrapping the user name over two lines in the case of
> overflowing names. If the name won't fit on two lines, ellipsize it (cutting
> off whole words - don't show only part of a name word).

Correction: if the user's real name doesn't fit on to a single line, just replace it with the username.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2013-09-26 15:31:30 UTC 
This got fixed.