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gnome-panel package

  1. Bug #444183
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 444183

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komputes (komputes) wrote : Re: karmic has issues with small pannels

Ah, ok, I realized how I did it.

Panel size won't go below 23px *if* the gnome "Application font" is set to default (10px)

If you change the font settings for "Application font" to 6px you can get the panel size down to 16px (screenshot attached)

To reproduce:
1) Go to System > Preferences > Appearance
2) Go to Fonts Tab
3) Set Application font to "Sans 6px"
4) Edit Top panel properties: 16px
5) Edit Bottom panel properties: 16px

Results:
-Top Panel: Cannot make smaller than 25px (the value goes down to 16px, but the panel stays 25px) - *Caused by Menu bar applet which does not scale under 25px.* - Current workaround is to remove menu bar applet

-Bottom panel goes down to 16px but icons get truncated instead of getting scaled properly (screenshot attached)