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Bug 729330 - Default window size should be bigger
Default window size should be bigger
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-05-01 13:51 UTC by Michael Catanzaro
Modified: 2014-10-05 18:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Screenshot of default window size (600x450) (44.93 KB, image/png)
2014-05-01 13:51 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		  Details
Screenshot of new default window size (650x500) (63.53 KB, image/png)
2014-10-05 13:44 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		  Details
Increase default window size (813 bytes, patch)
2014-10-05 13:52 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		none Details | Review
Increase default window size (812 bytes, patch)
2014-10-05 16:12 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		committed Details | Review

Description Michael Catanzaro 2014-05-01 13:51:07 UTC 
Created attachment 275542 [details]
Screenshot of default window size (600x450)

I've attached the screenshot of the default window size when starting gedit 3.12 for the first time on a freshly-installed OS.  It's far too small to accomplish any useful work. Even though many users will want to resize the window to their preference anyway, the default size should be set to something more reasonable.

I'm marking the severity as trivial: since gedit remembers its window size, this bug is just about making a good first impression.
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 13:44:48 UTC 
Created attachment 287758 [details]
Screenshot of new default window size (650x500)

It looks like the default window size has been raised to 650x500. Yay! Except this is still ludicrously small.
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 13:52:22 UTC 
Created attachment 287759 [details] [review]
Increase default window size

I picked a size that looked good to me, after first trying 800x600 and discovering that is still too small to show 80 columns of text with GNOME's large default font size.

gedit should launch at a usable size on all monitors, and maximized on very small monitors.
Comment 3 Paolo Borelli 2014-10-05 15:49:44 UTC 
Review of attachment 287759 [details] [review]:

I guess 800x600 is not a thing anymore...

Does 700 fit on 1366x768 when you take the gnome-shell panel into account?
Anyway, I guess that in the work case it just auto-maximize, right?
Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 16:04:30 UTC 
I dunno. I tested 1280x720 and 1024x768 and it gets maximized on both of those resolutions, but that's somewhat predictable as that only leaves 20-24 pixels on one side.  With 1152x864 it (obviously) takes up most of the screen, but isn't maximized.
Comment 5 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 16:06:21 UTC 
And yes, worst-case it gets maximized automatically. I want to say mutter maximizes the window if it requests more than 90% of the space in either direction, but don't trust me on that.
Comment 6 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 16:12:07 UTC 
Created attachment 287767 [details] [review]
Increase default window size

900x700 instead of 1000x700
Comment 7 Paolo Borelli 2014-10-05 16:13:09 UTC 
Review of attachment 287767 [details] [review]:

let's go for it
Comment 8 Michael Catanzaro 2014-10-05 18:34:15 UTC 
Attachment 287767 [details] pushed as 8263561 - Increase default window size