Launcher - Count indicator should change size depending on the number of digits

[John Lea]

[ Impact ]

The count indicator currently stays the same size irrespective of whether it is displaying one or two digits.

Desired solution:
If the count indicator only displays one digit it should be a circle e.g (7)
If the count indicator displays two digits it should be a lozenge shape e.g. two half circles joined by two straight lines e.g. (27)
If the count indicator displays three digits it should be a lozenge shape e.g. two half circles joined by two straight lines e.g (527)

[ Test Case ]

See above.

[ Regression Potential ]

Any code change to the Unity desktop shell has the potential to unleash a new crash or lockup in the desktop.

[ Other Info ]

The Unity SRU fix for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS was cherry-picked from Ubuntu 14.10 where it has been in production use for some months now without apparent regression.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Why not use http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkNumerableIcon.html?

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

I think it's because launcher is rendered using nux, not gtk.

2011/11/20, Andrea Azzarone <email address hidden>:
> Why not use
> http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkNumerableIcon.html?
>
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> Title:
> Launcher - Count indicator should change size depending on the number
> of digits
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Fix Committed
> Status in Unity:
> Triaged
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> The count indicator currently stays the same size irrespective of
> whether it is displaying one or two digits.
>
> Desired solution:
> If the count indicator only displays one digit it should be a circle e.g
> (7)
> If the count indicator displays two digits it should be a lozenge shape
> e.g. two half circles joined by two straight lines e.g. (27)
> If the count indicator displays three digits it should be a lozenge shape
> e.g. two half circles joined by two straight lines e.g (527)
>
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[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

@Marco
Launcher doesn't use nux widget and we already use gtk/gdk function to get the icon pixbuf.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.3.1+14.10.20140904-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.3.1+14.10.20140904-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * Adjust upstart dependency to upstart-bin. (LP: #1351306)

  [ Brandon Schaefer ]
  * When Show Desktop is active, it will set the tooltip icon as
    "Restore Windows". This is per workspace. So each time show_destop
    bool is updated in PluginAdapter, the Show Desktop icon will update
    its tooltip if needed. (LP: #1237132)
  * Use CONFIG instead of CACHE to store the first_run.stamp

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * update the unity manpage (LP: #1059275)

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * Share lockscreen password entry between screens. (LP: #1308540)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * IconRenderer: draw count texture at proper scaling, built by
    LauncherIcon (LP: #1353070)
  * LauncherIcon: make the Icon count width depending on the text value
    width (LP: #796527)
  * Lockscreen: scale the UI elements based on current monitor scaling
    (LP: #1292218)
  * SwitcherView: set progress on icon render args (LP: #1361679)
  * SearchBar, ActionButtons, IconRenderer: include the font scaling
    when scaling textual items
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:12:54 +0000

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Attached debdiff between trusty-updates and SRU.

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

Please update unity from trusty-proposed and verify the fix.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * Share lockscreen password between screens (lp: #1308540)
  * Allow a distinct pam config file for greeter and for lock-screen.
    (lp: #1305440)
  * Add an arrow activator in the lockscreen. (lp: #1332509)
  * Make sure GetScreenGeometry returns the correct value (lp: #1374785).
  * unmapped all windows prior to shutdown (lp: #1370017) (lp: #1375271)

  [ Brandon Schaefer ]
  * fix tooltip for the "Show Desktop / Restore Windows" icon in the Alt-Tab
    switcher (lp: #1237132)
  * Use CONFIG instead of CACHE to store the first_run.stamp (lp: #1328677)

  [ Eleni Maria Stea ]
  * LayoutSystem: make sure the exposed open windows are displayed in the
    preserved order (lp: #1349281).

  [ handsome_feng ]
  * added support for getting the distro name from /etc/os-release
    (lp: #1329584)

  [ Iain Lane ]
  * When grabbing keys, try prefixing "XF86" if the key isn't found. GNOME
    gives us unprefixed keys sometimes (lp: #1302885).

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * make the Launcher icon count badge width depend on the text value width
    and scaling (lp: #1353070) (lp: #1354498) (lp: #796527) (lp: #1066971)
    (lp: #1361713)
  * DecoratedWindow: make edges independent from borders and properly update
    them on actions change (lp: #1276177), (lp: #1299741), (lp: #1301776),
    (lp: #1324104), (lp: #1364225), (lp: #1373695)
  * Lockscreen: scale the UI elements based on current monitor scaling
    (lp: #1292218)
  * UnityScreen: when filtering out windows in spread, make sure we unscale
    them (lp: #1316265).
  * PanelMenuView: ensure that proper window tiles and buttons are shown at
    the right place (lp: #1384910) (lp: #1384958) (lp: #1385285)
  * SearchBar, ActionButtons, IconRenderer: include the font scaling when
    scaling textual items (lp: #1332947) (lp: #1361751) (lp: #1362162)
    (lp: #1362346).
  * ApplicationLauncherIcon: make sure we close the dash if DnD is accepted
    and the application window is about to be focused (lp: #1350331).
  * SwitcherView: set progress on icon render args (lp: #1361679).
  * LockScreenController: wait for the primary shield to get the grab
    before setting the session locked (lp: #1368427) (lp: #1371764).
  * added decorations to windows in non-focused workspaces (lp: #1383468)

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * updated the unity(1) manpage to match the actual command (lp: #1059275)
  * bumped package version to match upstream

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Preparing for unity 7.2.4
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:52:10 +0000

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

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