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Bug 731233 - Don't show Profile ID
Don't show Profile ID
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: Profiles
3.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on: 774710
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-06-04 19:02 UTC by Egmont Koblinger
Modified: 2021-06-10 20:47 UTC
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Description Egmont Koblinger 2014-06-04 19:02:22 UTC 
The topmost entry of the Profile prefs window is the Profile ID.

This is a technical ID, of zero practical use to the user.  (And probably not that useful for developers either, since if you can dig into dconf then you can also easily figure out the ID from the profile name.)

I don't see any reason why we should present this value to the user.  Let's remove it!
Comment 1 Debarshi Ray 2014-06-04 19:38:03 UTC 
We are discussing this as part of bug 724110
Comment 2 Allan Day 2014-07-18 10:00:04 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
...
> This is a technical ID, of zero practical use to the user.  (And probably not
> that useful for developers either, since if you can dig into dconf then you can
> also easily figure out the ID from the profile name.)
...

I'd be in favour of removing this from the settings. It is totally unobvious what the ID is for, even to advanced users. UI that doesn't have an obvious purpose degrades the overall experience.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-06-10 20:47:45 UTC 
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