GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 704149
Options in "Typing" are ellipsized, no way to see full text
Last modified: 2015-08-30 14:25:56 UTC
Some labels in the "Typing" options are longer than the available horizontal space and therefore have an ellipsis (...). They should either have a tool tip which shows the full label or the window should be resizable, maybe even both.
Created attachment 249063 [details] [review] Show text in tooltip when label is ellipsized Patch for showing tooltip when needed, against master.
Created attachment 249064 [details] [review] Make window resizable for long option labels Patch for making window resizable, on top of first patch.
Attachment 249063 [details] pushed as 7532ffc - Show text in tooltip when label is ellipsized Attachment 249064 [details] pushed as 00e13e6 - Make window resizable for long option labels
That was fast, thanks :).
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I verified I have the required patch in fedora 22 (gnome 3.16.2) but the options are still hidden gnome tweak tool.
This bug needs to be reopened, it still persists in 3.16 (I'm running Arch).
I think that only half this bug has been resolved: I.e. the label of the option now has a tooltip e.g. "Miscellaneous Comp..." tip = Miscellaneous Compatibility Options" But half has not been resolved: The options inside the combobox are do not have a tooltip, and the combobox doesn't resize above a certain size. (will attach image)
Created attachment 310294 [details] Combo box options truncated No way to see the truncated combo options
For me on a reasonably big screen, I have found that changing a line in tweak_group_xkb.py _XkbOtion.__init__ from renderer.props.max_width_chars = 30 to (!) renderer.props.max_width_chars = 100 allows me to see the longest option (which happens to be the one I wanted to select, having prior knowledge of its existence) "NumLock on: digits, Shift switches to arrow keys, Numlock off: always arrow keys (as in MS Windows)" rather than "NumLock on: digits, Shift swit" I understand (30 sec internet search) that adding a tooltip to each item of a combobox may be difficult (because the items are not themselves widgets?)
This is fixed in master (will end up in 3.18) by using radio buttons and expanders instead of combo boxes. I didn't push it to the 3.16 branch because it changes the UI.