dconf-editor window expands itself horizontally to fit descriptions

Bug #715002 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
dconf
Fix Released
Medium
d-conf (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

When browsing to a key with a very long description, such as com.canonical.indicator.datetime → custom-time-format, the window becomes really really wide (much wider than the screen) and cannot be shrunk.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: dconf-tools 0.7.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-2.29-generic 2.6.38-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-2-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 8 00:25:31 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: d-conf

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :
Changed in d-conf (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in dconf:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This got fixed in 0.7.3.

Changed in d-conf (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Martin,
here it is already
ii dconf-tools 0.7.3-0ubuntu1
and dconf-editor displays values stretched out.
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70917791/dconf-edit.png

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

Yeah, same in dconf-tools 0.7.5-1; the window expands itself when browsing to a key with a long default value, like /desktop/unity/launcher/favorites. Slightly different bug, I guess (this was originally about descriptions, not default values), but same idea, so I’ll just reopen this one.

Changed in d-conf (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Thanks. Sorry, slightly irritated above package names, dconf, d-conf, dconf-tools.
I've reported Bug #775491 against dconf (although it isn't installed here), found this one, marked mine as a dup since the title suggested dconf-editor expansion and dconf-tools is installed and using dconf-editor here.

Anders Kaseorg (andersk)
Changed in dconf:
importance: High → Unknown
status: Fix Released → Unknown
Changed in dconf:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Still the case with updated Oneiric.
dconf-tools 0.7.5-3

tags: added: oneiric
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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote :

i see a similar issue on a 1024x600 netbook screen, but for me it expands vertically which results in a 1px sized (and unresizable !) key/value list.

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Oliver, Bug #840571 reports about the 1px issue regarding the first value. Workaround here is to drag top edge of window in order to decrease the size and display the value, but then the whole window expands over two workspace on a small screen. I've made some videos in my dupe 812485 about it's miserable usability (no progress compared to gconf-editor). The fixed window size which I've forced via CCSM makes usability better on small screens but it doesn't solve first line 1px issue which only occurs on some values.

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Erratum:
- ... in order to decrease the size
+... in order to increase the size

Changed in dconf:
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package d-conf - 0.11.2-0ubuntu1

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d-conf (0.11.2-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    - improved editor geometry handling (lp: #715002, #840571, #848418)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:08:10 +0100

Changed in d-conf (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in d-conf (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Luis Delfin Briceño Gordy (bibincito)
assignee: Luis Delfin Briceño Gordy (bibincito) → nobody
Changed in dconf:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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