Clock display text on vertical panel is not oriented correctly

[positivek]

Binary package hint: xfce4-panel

Steps to reproduce:

1. New install of Xubuntu 9.10
2. Customize panel... for the panel at the top of the screen (the one with the clock on it).
3. Choose one of the left or right vertically oriented panel positions.
4. BUG: Notice that the digital clock is now clipped because the text needs more space than the panel offers.

Obviously, if the panel is made wider, the digital clock text has room to show itself, but I like the Gnome clock that orients along with the panel reorientation. This allows me to keep the thin, default panel size, but have it sideways and still be able to read the time.

As a widescreen laptop user, I prefer to have my top panel on the left.

Some possible solutions:
 - Add an option for the Clock that offers the ability to orient it sideways (L or R) so that the digital (and other text-based) clocks can be oriented sideways.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 7 19:56:43 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfce4-panel
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: xfce4-panel 4.6.1-3ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: xfce4-panel
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1810): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (xfce4-mixer-plugin:1848): libxfce4mixer-CRITICAL **: xfce_mixer_get_track: assertion `GST_IS_MIXER (card)' failed
 (xfce4-terminal:3193): Terminal-WARNING **: Unable to load terminal preferences.
 (f-spot:3185): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: GdkPixbufLoader finalized without calling gdk_pixbuf_loader_close() - this is not allowed. You must explicitly end the data stream to the loader before dropping the last reference.
 (f-spot:3185): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5958

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Fixed in Xfce 4.8 in natty.