When Universal Access text size is large, Unity Dash may space icons such that some of them are off the edge of the desktop

[Silas S. Brown]

When Universal Access text size (in System Settings) is set to largest (and you log out and log in again at this size), Unity Dash may space icons such that some of them are off the edge of the desktop and there is no way to access them. It would be nice to take screen width into account when spacing the icons. This bug prevents low-vision users from effectively using Unity Dash.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,grid,imgpng,mousepoll,move,place,regex,resize,session,snap,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,wall,animation,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell,workarounds]
Date: Tue Jan 31 17:55:50 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

thanks for the bug report. Can you please attach a screenshot of the problem you are facing?

[Silas S. Brown (ssb22)]

The above screenshot was taken by doing "sleep 30 ; xwd -screen" and then calling up the Dash. As you can see Dash did not manage to fit itself within the available screen space. This was on an eeePC with fonts set to large.

[Silas S. Brown (ssb22)]

I added the screenshot as requested but this bug is still marked Incomplete. Am I supposed to set the status back to Confirmed myself? How? (The controls are not obvious.) We don't want the system to automatically expire it.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

In Ubuntu 12.04 those 8 icons are removed from the dash. There have also been a lot of improvements to Unity. Can you please give 12.04 beta a try and see if you face the same issue there as well and then update us with the situation.

[Silas S. Brown (ssb22)]

Thanks. Is there any way I can try 12.04 beta on my netbook without actually installing it? I only have one netbook and I don't want to risk losing a working system. I can't seem to find a live USB for 12.04 beta.

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