Public bug reported:
I was running some Wine tests, which crashed out on me and dumped me
back to my desktop in 640x480 resolution.
Going to System->Preferences->Screen Resolution, I was able to select
which resolution I wanted, but, the "apply" and "cancel" buttons were
off the bottom of the screen. I had to tab through, and guess when the
tab was over the "apply" button, then hit enter. It took me two goes to
get it right.
A less tech-savvy user just wouldn't know what to do. This is a really
simple bug. Either the dialog should be altered to fit on a 640x480
screen or - preferably - system wide applets and dialogs should have
some kind of fallback behaviour if they detect that they are partially
off the screen. This dialog is an absolutely crucial one to work in
640x480 mode, as it's the only dialog that can fix the problem.
I looked at the code, and it's easy to implement, but I've never
submitted a patch before, and I wouldn't want to get the protocol wrong,
etc.
But to save someone a bit of time, here's what needs to be done... for a
hackish solution that solves the immediate problem and ensures the window is
drawn at an appropriate size:
In package gnome-control-center
./capplets/display/main.c
line 901/902
A test for screen size needs to be performed after this line:
info = read_display_info (display);
Probably something like
if (info->screens[0]->currentheight < 600) then {somehow tell create_dialog to
make the window smaller}
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Buttons obscured in screen resolution dialog in 640x480 mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291052
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