Bug 391401

Summary:	yast-gtk: Software Manager "Changes" side pane truncates package names
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0	Reporter:	Forgotten User CRPsQFwJ3b <forgotten_CRPsQFwJ3b>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Michael Meeks <mmeeks>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	forgotten_h13THG8RK1, sanfordarmstrong
Version:	Factory
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Attachments:	Screenshot showing the problem Screenshot showing more extreme case with large fonts.

Description Forgotten User CRPsQFwJ3b 2008-05-16 16:11:47 UTC

The changes side pane in its current state is useless, because it has fixed size and truncates the package name, so one ends up without a clue what is actually going to be installed. Please, please, please fix this.

Comment 1 Forgotten User CRPsQFwJ3b 2008-05-16 16:12:25 UTC

Created attachment 216030 [details]
Screenshot showing the problem

Comment 2 Forgotten User h13THG8RK1 2008-05-16 18:36:36 UTC

I think it's clear enough. If you want to be sure of some package, you can get the mouse hover them and check the tooltip...

Comment 3 Sandy Armstrong 2008-05-22 16:25:40 UTC

(In reply to comment #2 from Ricardo Cruz)
> I think it's clear enough. If you want to be sure of some package, you can get
> the mouse hover them and check the tooltip...

That is a very tedious process, and all it shows is the package summary, not the package name.

Also, under a lower resolution or a larger font, all I saw was many rows of "install...", which is certainly not clear enough.  I'll attach a screenshot with my application font set to 18 instead of 10 (think old people, or anyone with vision impairment).

The Changes box needs to be resizable, IMHO.

Comment 4 Sandy Armstrong 2008-05-22 16:27:28 UTC

Created attachment 217580 [details]
Screenshot showing more extreme case with large fonts.

Comment 5 Forgotten User h13THG8RK1 2008-05-23 17:33:01 UTC

Don't think this would be the perfect fix you have in mind, but will have to do for the time being: set the width based on your font size. Set for roughly 20 characters...