Well, here we are in 13.04 and this is not only not fixed but it also affects the tweak tool. There seems to be some universal widget window in use, and this is still unacceptable performance when some junior programmer decided to see what would happen if he turned off the variable geometry for some basic widget.
This is behaving like a virus because it seems to get into anything regarding the system settings. I am currently using the GNOME fallback desktop and I just set my font factor to 2.0. I got these results for my trouble (see attached screenshot). Someone is dragging its feet. This problem has been present for at least five releases and not fixed yet it is simple to do, and most annoying. ** Attachment added: "A screen shot showing both tweak tool and system settings" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/936257/+attachment/3710057/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-06-22%2007%3A41%3A17.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936257 Title: the system settings grid shouldn't use a fixed geometry Status in GNOME Control Center: Invalid Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Because i have visual acuity problems it is necessary for me to use a larger font on my desktop. This program and several others have fixed windows boundaries and cannot be resized. Another example is the Menu Editor (alacarte) which is insensitive of the font size along with this rather inconvenient new item. As a programmer of long experience, I find this sort of thing to be careless and sloppy. Who is doing QA on this stuff before you send it out??? Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages What should happen? All utility windows should be both resizable and sensitive to the font in use. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 19 09:42:45 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-17 (2 days ago) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 20.1-0ubuntu0.2 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/936257/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
