[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 936257 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936257 ** Tags added: trusty utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 936257 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936257 This inconsistency also annoys me and I found a little workaround. Edit this file: /usr/share/gnome-control-center/ui/shell.ui In the beginning you will see these lines: object class=GtkWindow id=main-window property name=title translatable=yesSystem Settings/property property name=resizableFalse/property property name=icon_namepreferences-desktop/property property name=window_positioncenter/property Add this line after the last property: property name=width_request1000/property And modify the resizable line to: property name=resizableTrue/property This will fix the width to 1000 pixels or whatever you enter and make the window resizable. You can also play with the height_request property, similar to width_request. It won't remember anything when you resize though. It will always open at 1000 px width. But at least the damn scrollbar is gone and all icons are visible. cheers peepz. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 936257 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936257 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 936257 the system settings grid shouldn't use a fixed geometry -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
If you are to lock the window size citing value in a fixed size, at least make sure that the contents of the initial window fits. Upon opening the default System Settings window, I get the scroll bar on the right border, but no means to resize the window to make it disappear. Perhaps it is because I chose a different system font than the default, but that should not break basic usability. You should either make the window possible to resize or make sure it can adapt to the contents. Personally, I can't see any reason for locking the size of any window, since the scroll bars will not be visible if the frame is big enough. You're just removing usability without adding anything of value. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
Here's a screenshot of the system settings window in a freshly upgraded 12.04. ** Attachment added: Screenshot of non-resizing window with scrollbar https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+attachment/3114948/+files/system_settings_not_resizing.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
Related bug 990060, bug 990545 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
Thank you for your bug report, the issues with have with the audio capplet are going to be addressed with a redesign this cycle, see http://people.canonical.com/~diwic/sound- settings/sound_settings_mockup_diwic2.png for a mockup of the planned work ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
I think the mockup looks pretty good. The new tab order certainly reflects how often I use change different audio settings. You haven't removed any important features, and have added an on/off switch, so users can, for instance, mute their speakers in case their headphones come unplugged. However, the new interface is not currently installed in any Ubuntu machines (except perhaps beta testers). Since your mockup doesn't fix this problem, even if it were being written into an update right now, this bug is not invalid. The sound settings interface is certainly in progress, but invalid would imply that the interface I am now using does not exist. Also keep in mind that the settings manager is still stuck at one resolution, which is what this bug is truly about. Your new doesn't show a maximize button, so I'm assuming it cannot be maximized or resized. With any luck, you will consider that in the settings manager for 12.04, if you have any power over it at all. I'm optimistic enough about this to mark this bug as in progress. I have several years of experience in shell, C-like languages, and can learn new ideas quite quickly. I am interested in helping to write linux software of any kind, and I feel this is a perfect opportunity. However, I would still need assistance, as I don't know where to find the source code, and I would need someone to explain to me where the equivalent of void main is in order to get started. I would be willing to debug existing code as requested. I have also designed simple GUI for a 100x64 pixel display on a computer that wasn't intended for such graphics capabilities, so I can attempt to write the code for new GUI if mockups like yours are presented. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
sorry but I'm closing that bug again because what you request cannot resize is a design decision and not a bug. you should rather write the bugs in a way which summarize the issue and then hint possible solutions in comments if you care about your bugs to be valid ;-) like a the current sound capplet doesn't give enough space to devices would be a valid bug where we could discuss solutions like allowing users to resize the dialog or change the layout. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
'cannot resize' is a design decision and not a bug. This sounds like Microsoft's famed undocumented features. Locking the window size adds no value to an application: it detracts a common feature. Larger displays have lots of space, and your present window would be hard to see at all. The smaller displays of netbooks don't have the screen resolution for anything quite as large as your present interface. The interface must scale. I also note that you responded to my suggestion immediately, in a manner similar to trolls in online forums. There are a number of valid bugs in Ubuntu that are being declared invalid by people working at Canonical. Many of these bug reports were submitted by people who have been using Ubuntu for a long time, including some of the people who helped design Warty, the first version of Ubuntu. At this point in time I would like to remind you of the basic philosophy of Ubuntu. This was taken directly from the Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, example content. Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning humanity to others. Ubuntu also means I am what I am because of who we all are. The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. Desmond Tutu described ubuntu in the following way: A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole. We chose the name Ubuntu for this distribution because we think it captures perfectly the spirit of sharing and cooperation that is at the heart of the open source movement. In the Free Software world, we collaborate freely on a volunteer basis to build software for everyone's benefit. We improve on the work of others, which we have been given freely, and then share our improvements on the same basis. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
Sorry but I don't think I've ever been impolitude or rude in this bug report, no need to go on an rant about how the people working at Canonical behave on the bug tracker. Locking the window size adds no value to an application: it detracts a common feature. It adds a value in the sense where it means the layout is fixed and doesn't need to scale and look good on random geometry, which is easier to do. But anyway that software is not written by Canonical or Ubuntu and I was just relaying the upstream responses to previous requests about that ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Low = Wishlist ** Also affects: gnome-control-center Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
** Package changed: ubuntu = gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 908650] Re: System Settings window cannot resize
Robert Roth (evfool) found the right package, thanks. The man page presents a number of options, but I'm not sure if any of them can be used to force full screen usage, or a specific size. Either one might prove useful in making the window resizable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: System Settings window cannot resize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
