Public bug reported: With some network interface devices, nma_utils_get_device_description could return a very long description string so you'll end up with awkwardly wide nm applet menu that spans almost more than half of horizontal area on your screen. On small screen device like laptop and netbook where screen estate is limited , you don't really want this.
So it'd be a good idea to truncate the desc string if it's too long. I'm proposing the maximum length for the desc string to be 35 characters before it gets truncated. Also truncation is done in the middle so we don't lose the info bit near the end of the desc string. I've prepared a patch for that. Please check the patch file that I attached. Screenshots Before: http://i.imgur.com/5KC84X8.png After: http://i.imgur.com/FQmGJ20.png ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: long-device-desc too-wide-menu ** Attachment added: "Truncate long device desc if it exceeds 35 characters" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263078/+attachment/3933207/+files/truncate_long_device_desc_in_applet_menu.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263078 Title: Truncate long device description in applet menu Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: With some network interface devices, nma_utils_get_device_description could return a very long description string so you'll end up with awkwardly wide nm applet menu that spans almost more than half of horizontal area on your screen. On small screen device like laptop and netbook where screen estate is limited , you don't really want this. So it'd be a good idea to truncate the desc string if it's too long. I'm proposing the maximum length for the desc string to be 35 characters before it gets truncated. Also truncation is done in the middle so we don't lose the info bit near the end of the desc string. I've prepared a patch for that. Please check the patch file that I attached. Screenshots Before: http://i.imgur.com/5KC84X8.png After: http://i.imgur.com/FQmGJ20.png To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1263078/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
