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software-center package

Errors in review windows are cut off short

Bug #741111 reported by Dave Morley
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One Hundred Papercuts
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software-center (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

software-center 3.1.24, Ubuntu 11.04

In Software center reviews the error for trying to send a second review on a single application is cut short. Screenshot: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/67096653/rnr-error.png

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter/RatingsAndReviews#submit-progress>: "If the submission is unsuccessful because of an error, then: ... The dialog should lengthen to make room for a mini error icon and error message just above the “Cancel” and “Try Again” buttons."

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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Arrr, this is my fault. I designed the dialog without enough space to show the errors.

So, where should we show them instead? Should the dialog temporarily get taller to display the error above the Cancel+Publish buttons, perhaps?

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
status: New → Confirmed
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :

Yeah a good possibility. As the users attention will undoubtedly be focused on that section of the screen it would be useful to have it display in or around those buttons.

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

I've updated the specification to say that any error messages should expand the dialog vertically, rather than trying to fit alongside the buttons. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter/RatingsAndReviews?action=diff&rev2=84&rev1=82>

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) → nobody
description: updated
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
tags: added: bitesize
Timothy Arceri (t-fridey)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Triaged
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
no longer affects: software-center
jv13613 (jv13613)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Why is the Software Centre task being marked as Invalid?

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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jv13613 (jv13613) wrote :

My apologies, I was confused between the activity by Matthew Thomas, which I though marked this as not needing be to done anymore(I now realize he was untagging a package), and my attempt at reproducing the bug, which I did not do right.

Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Paper Cuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)
Honshu Priyadarshi (honshu91)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
assignee: Paper Cuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja) → Honshu Priyadarshi (honshu91)
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Romano Giannetti (romano-giannetti) wrote :

If I can add a fast comment: please remember the users on little laptop which have just 600 pixel vertically. Please do not follow "thunderbird way" (-> forcing you to use alt+mouse to "explore" the windows, and sometime even that does not work). Provide a scrollbar if the window do not fit in the vertical space. Thanks!

Honshu Priyadarshi (honshu91)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
assignee: Honshu Priyadarshi (honshu91) → nobody
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Scott Lee (scottlee) wrote :

Hi, I've assigned myself this bug and would like to take a shot.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
assignee: nobody → Scott (scottlee)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Scott (scottlee)
Scott Lee (scottlee)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
assignee: Scott (scottlee) → nobody
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Scott (scottlee) → nobody
Filip Sohajek (filip-sohajek-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Filip Sohajek (filip-sohajek)
Filip Sohajek (filip-sohajek-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Filip Sohajek (filip-sohajek) → nobody
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

'software-center' is no longer included in any currently supported release of Ubuntu so I'm closing this bug report as it is no longer valid.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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