https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420870
Bug ID: 420870 Summary: Long tabs get too much of the space in tab bar Product: dolphin Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: bars: location Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: sdfjsfjaei-h...@yahoo.de CC: kfm-de...@kde.org Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 128072 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=128072&action=edit window with multiple tabs open (thin window) SUMMARY While it totally makes sense that tabs with a lot of text get a lot of the space, there should be some limit, because the shorter the tab text, the more important each letter is for recognizing which folder that tab corresponds to. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. on command line: cd /tmp && mkdir test && cd test && mkdir "2019 - normal folder name" && mkdir "relatively short folder name" && mkdir "this is a very long folder name that dominates all other tabs which seems a bit suboptimal since the user probably would be okay with just the beginning" This is what the directory tree looks like: /tmp/test ├── 2019 - normal folder name ├── relatively short folder name └── this is a very long folder name that dominates all other tabs which seems a bit suboptimal since the user probably would be okay with just the beginning 2. Enter /tmp/test in Dolphin and open the tabs in Dolphin OBSERVED RESULT The tab for the folder with the very long name takes almost all the space of the tab bar. Resizing the window gives the tab that's already pretty long even more space. (See attachments.) EXPECTED RESULT For the tabs with little text to get enough space to make them (more) readable. I actually had the problem where a long folder name was making it hard to discern what the other tabs contain. I've attached a Python file to illustrate how that algorithm could work. (Basically it adds the length of each tab text to a list. Then it brings each length in that list nearer to the average of said list.) This is the output: # length name 25: 2019 - normal folder name 28: relatively short folder name 152: this is a very long folder name that dominates all other tabs which seems a bit suboptimal since the user probably would be okay with just the beginning average tab length: 68.33333333333333 43.78: 2019 - normal folder name 44.27: relatively short folder name 82.00: this is a very long folder name that dominates all other tabs which seems a bit suboptimal since the user probably would be okay with just the beginning Simulate tab bar (I know it's a lot more complex in reality) ------------------------------------------------------------ | 2019 - normal fold… | relatively short f… | this is a very long folder name t… | SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.9 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.47.0 Qt Version: 5.9.5 It would be cool if someone could test if this is still an issue in the latest version. (following the above steps to reproduce). Thanks for KDE =) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.