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Gnome shell app name/title is elided too much on right and is not readable

Bug #1872278 reported by keshavbhatt on 2020-04-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #968213: Too many icons in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release: 20.04

Bug: Gnome shell's default app launcher UI/UX issue - App title in app grid is elided too much and is not readable.

How to reproduce:
1- Click on 9 dots at bottom corner of dash (the app launcher button), wait for the app grid to show up.
2- Read try to observe the title of some applications. (Check screenshot for more).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.36.1-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 12 13:10:24 2020
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200329)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.1-3ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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keshavbhatt (keshavnrj) wrote on 2020-04-12:

Screenshot from 2020-04-12 13-49-35.png Edit (51.8 KiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (21.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsChanges.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (109 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ShellJournal.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2020-04-14:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 968213, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.