note window is too narrow to show all toolbar icons

[Tamás Kiss]

Binary package hint: tomboy

Source package: tomboy
Package version: 0.14.0-0ubuntu1
OS version: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

When I open or create a note, the note window is not wide enough to display all toolbar icons so it uses the dropdown method to show the remaining icons ("Delete" and another one). It becomes very annoying when you have to modify 50+ notes one by one.

I use the default "Human" GNOME style with the default icon and font settings, the display resolution is 1280x1024 (CRT monitor).

I found a workaround for Compiz users: with CompizConfig Settings Manager I managed to set a rule for the Window Rules plugin to resize the note window when it appears (selector: "(class=Tomboy) & type=Normal", width: 550, height: 400).

This is rather an annoyance than a "real" bug, and a perfect example for the One Hundred Paper Cuts project. :)

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

I booted a vanilla installation of Ubuntu 9.04 and Ubuntu 9.10 with updates. I tested both 1024x768 and 1280x1024 but I was unable to recreate the problem.

Is it possible to take a screen-shot of the problem?

[Tamás Kiss (tkiss80)]

Sorry, I totally forgot to mention that I'm Hungarian, so the texts - including the icon texts - are in Hungarian language. If I start the program from the command line with "LANG=C tomboy", the icons fit in the window, but in Hungarian the icon texts use too much space.

Screenshot included (without the menu and border - the screenshot taking application doesn't like Compiz).

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

I can also reproduce the problem following these steps:

1 - System -> Administration -> Language Support -> Install/Remove Languages -> Hungarian -> Check the INSTALLED box -> Apply Changes
2 - Enter your sudo password -> Click OK
3 - Wait for the installation to complete.
4 - Click Close to the installation dialog which should return you to the Language Prompt
5 - Change the Language to Hungarian for both pulldowns.
6 - Logoff
7 - Options from the login screen -> Select Language -> Choose Hungarian -> Change Language -> Yes
8 - Login
9 - Launch TomBoy -> click FILE then NEW
10 - Observe the problem.

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Tamás Kiss (tkiss80)]

Thank you for your help!

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.