Regression: List boxes do not properly resize when given "height"

[jsphslgr]

In Zenity 3.8.0-1 (Saucy), list boxes are showing up strangely.

I noticed this when using the 'repostory' tool (https://code.launchpad.net/~davidc3/+junk/repostory), but it's a repeatable zenity bug:

When Zenity contains a list box and a specified height parameter, the window appears at the right height, but the list part expands as if no height were specified, only up to about 6 lines before adding a scrollbar.

The following bash demonstrates the problem:

#!/bin/bash
for category in Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu;do
    echo "$category"
    for col in Purple Green Blue Pink Grey
        do echo "entry"
    done
done | zenity --list --title "Foobar" --width 800 --height 500 --checklist --column Category --column Purple --column Green --column Blue --column Pink --column Grey

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

As attached above, upstream commit fixes the issue.
https://git.gnome.org/browse/zenity/commit/?id=80bc8ce643979fec201c4ebd5cd6405b6310357f

[arm-c (arickmcniel)]

Using Ubuntu 14.04 Beta 2

This is a REAL issues that will effect multiple users. (See Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zenity/+bug/1192101?comments=all where a user suggests a fix.)

I encountered as an issue while trying to configure my input (keyboard) to support using Hangul (Korean) using im-config. Fortunately, I noticed there was an option to run in concole (im-config -c) so I was able to notice the option that I needed to select.

Any individual needing to configure Ubuntu to use a CJK language (possibly more) and any users requiring access to zenity based prompts are likely to have this issue. Ubuntu is supposed to be easy for newBs... this makes it unnecissarily difficult and makes Ubuntu look un-polished. (BTW, very impressed with direction Unity / Ubuntu are taking in 14.04)

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It's a usability issue that doesn't limit the functionality of a core package.

[Christophe C (batra3)]

With only one line avaiable in a list, the bug severly limit the functionnality of zenity. In fact, programms based on zenity can't realy function.

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

Hi all,

I have made a merge proposal to fix this bug hopefully in time for 14.04 release.
https://code.launchpad.net/~nobuto/ubuntu/trusty/zenity/expandable-on-list-view/+merge/214387

If you want a fix for stable releases like 13.10(saucy), please follow the Stable Release Updates process described in:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SRU

Thanks,

[Paul Broadhead (pjbroad)]

Received the fix when I updated trusty today. The list function now works correctly. Many thanks.

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

Ah, unfortunately duplicate work happened. The fix has been released for another bug report. Marking a duplicate for it.