Ubuntu
gnome-panel package

window list useless in vertical panels

Bug #153495 reported by bassam on 2007-10-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #43066: Window list behaves bad when panel is vertical.. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-panel (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

In previous (feisty/edgy) ubuntu versions, a vertical gnome panel at 24 px wide would show (in the window list applet) the window icons; this was enough for me to distinguish them and click on the correct ones. In Gutsy beta, all you see in a vertical panel of this size on the window list buttons are two dots ( .. ) this is total mystery meat- I cannot tell which is what without hovering the mouse over and reading the tooltip.
I understand this is probably an upstream (gnome or gtk) bug, but I do believe there should be a better standard for what happens in vertical panels in gnome.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-10-17:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Invalid

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bassam (bkurdali) wrote on 2007-10-17:

well, I guess it's similar. Just note that I actually *want* the behavior the other bug is complaining about- it is fine for me to see just the icon in the window list. This is a regression from the behavior of that bug, since now there are only two dots visible.
I'm not complaining- a good spec for vertical behavior/making the text vertical will fix both bugs, just explaining why I filed a different one- I did look at that bug first.
sorry for wasting any time :)