Rhythmbox does not remember column width

[John Kuang]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Rhythmbox does not remember the column width that you set. Upon restart, all the columns in it goes back to some default width. This is annoying because I like to see the file location, which needs lots of space, so I make most of the other columns narrower. But every time I restart rhythmbox, I have to do this all over again.

This bug has been around for a long time. I'm using Rhythmbox 0.12.8 on Ubuntu 10.04.1 (32bit).

[bbordwell (benbordwell)]

Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100313.1)
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.8-0ubuntu7
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this still an issue in either 12.04 or 12.10, both of which are using Gnome 3.0?

[John Kuang (xiphosurus)]

Bug still present in 12.10 with Rhythmbox 2.97.

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Does anyone know if the tab widget that Rhythmbox uses has any in-built mechanism for remembering its own dimensions, or will this have to be written out to a settings file somewhere?

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Comment from the developer:

"If you're really conservative about how you apply the stored column
widths, it might not be too difficult to get this working. I'm scared
of making GtkTreeView angry so I haven't really tried working on this."

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Issue is now being tracked at: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/issues/409