If that can be of any help, I have the following use case:
In addition to the default Firefox launcher, I created two other
.desktop files:
- One called "Wayland Firefox #1" to run Firefox on Wayland with user
profile #1
- The other called "Wayland Firefox #2" to run Firefox on Wayland with user
profile #2
I'm using a 4k screen (3840×2160), so I have *a lot* of space available
on the screen.
And yet, GNOME uses ellipsis and this is what I get when I look for
"Firefox" in the GNOME Overview screen (see attachment).
I hope this gets fixed soon. Something as simple as a tooltip when
putting the cursor on top of the icon or text would be very helpful
already.
** Attachment added: "gnome-activities.jpg"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/968213/+attachment/5379588/+files/gnome-activities.jpg
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968213
Title:
Too many icons in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses
Status in GNOME Shell:
Confirmed
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Several apps in the default Ubuntu 17.04 or 17.10 install have
Ellipses when shown in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview.
This was made worse by switching GNOME Shell to use the Ubuntu font
because the Ubuntu font is a bit wider than GNOME's default Cantarell
font so some apps that didn't require ellipses in 17.04 require them
now in 17.10 Alpha.
The upstream GNOME bug proposes that apps names be allowed to use 2
lines. This is similar to what the Settings app (gnome-control-center)
does.
This is also really bad for languages that use more characters than
English.
Original Bug Title
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Gnome Shell Activities Overview should show full names on mouse hover
Original Bug Report
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The title says it all --- especially when choosing recent documents, if they
start with the same say 12 or 14 letters, it's impossible to differentiate them
(see attached screenshot).
When mouse is hovering an icon, the full name of the
application/document should be shown.
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