This isn't a bug with Unity, it's a bug in gtk. If a dialogue can be
sized down, it should be displayed small enough on small screens so that
it can fit in the screen.

** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: unity
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Dialogue boxes are to huge on somes screens (like netbooks) and can't
  saved resized for the next time

Status in Unity:
  Invalid
Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04 LTS Beta 1 - actual

  2) unity:  Installiert: 5.4.0-0ubuntu2

  3) It should be possible, that any kind of dialogue box is resize to
  be fully visible on any kind of screen, where it is opened. Just
  rethink what full screen windows (firefox, etc) are handled. There is
  no logical reason, that a open-file-dialog or whatever exceeds
  (especially in length) the size of the (desktop-panel) size or the
  (screensize-launcher) size. Unity is the desktop environment and
  should handle that. It is mostly anoying and takes away a lot of fun,
  using the unity desktop environment.

  4) On most dialogues I open, like file-open-dialogue (in any program),
  screenshot-dialogue,  lots more, I have to press Alt, click on the
  dialogue box, move it up, resize it - and can then handle what the
  dialogue box wants.

  
  How to reproduce
  Use a netbook with 1024x600 or smaller screen, login to unity, open the 
open-file-dialogue - and you have a problem. You have to move and resize the 
dialogue.

  How to solve it
  There are two strategies for fixing this.
  1. You could maximize all the dialogues (like it was at the old 
netbook-launcher).
  2. You could via the desktop environment handle the maxim size of dialogues - 
not to cross the borders of the usable screen size.

  A less elegant solution, but that might work too, is to allow user to
  press a key, maybe F5, and save the form, size and position of a
  dialogue/window, so that is opened in that form, size and position,
  the next time, it is used.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.4.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic i686
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: 
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,imgpng,compiztoolbox,snap,gnomecompat,mousepoll,move,unitymtgrabhandles,resize,grid,vpswitch,regex,place,wall,session,animation,fade,workarounds,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  Date: Fri Mar  2 17:58:50 2012
  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-02-28 20:33:12.382520
  DistroCodename: precise
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller 
[8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8340]
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8340]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1000H
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic 
root=UUID=61a2a312-f114-4b9a-98e1-2ec68b0d3a33 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-28 (2 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/17/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1206
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: 1000H
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: x.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: x.x
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1206:bd10/17/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1000H:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1000H:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
  dmi.product.name: 1000H
  dmi.product.version: x.x
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 
1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 
1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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