Changed package to light-themes. Added simpler solution: "Modify the affected themes to scale and rotate properly."
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-panel The texture used by the default Lucid theme looks terrible on a left or right oriented panel. The texture repeats vertically, when it should be rotated. Screenshot attached. Steps: 1) Under System>Preferences>Appearance, set the Theme to Ambience or Radiance. 2) Right-click on a Panel and select "Properties". 3) Make sure the Background tab is set to "None (use system theme)" 4) On the General tab set Orientation to Left, and check Expand. 5) Drag Panel to left. Solution: - Make the GNOME panels be smart about textures when using themes. When set to Left, rotate the texture 90 degrees counter-clockwise. When set to Right, rotate the texture 90 degrees clockwise. + Modify the affected themes to scale and rotate properly. + + Or, to prevent future problems, make the GNOME panels be smart about textures when using themes. When set to Left, rotate the texture 90 degrees counter-clockwise. When set to Right, rotate the texture 90 degrees clockwise. Better yet (because the rotation won't be right for 100% of themes), put a Rotate Texture option in the Background tab to rotate the texture. It could also be made more robust for scaling by adding a Scale Texture option that would take a percentage value to scale the texture up or down. Of course, it would be nicer if the panel could figure this stuff out on its own, but all themes work differently so it would probably be better to let the user set it up to whatever looks right. - - Also, while playing around with this, I discovered that the panels don't resize textures either. Set the top panel to 40 pixels and the texture looks bifuricated. + Also, while playing around with this, I discovered that the panels don't + resize textures either. Set the top panel to 40 pixels and the texture + looks bifuricated. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 11 21:29:54 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: gnome-panel 1:2.29.92.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic SourcePackage: gnome-panel Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686 ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gnome-panel + Binary package hint: light-themes The texture used by the default Lucid theme looks terrible on a left or right oriented panel. The texture repeats vertically, when it should be rotated. Screenshot attached. Steps: 1) Under System>Preferences>Appearance, set the Theme to Ambience or Radiance. 2) Right-click on a Panel and select "Properties". 3) Make sure the Background tab is set to "None (use system theme)" 4) On the General tab set Orientation to Left, and check Expand. 5) Drag Panel to left. Solution: Modify the affected themes to scale and rotate properly. Or, to prevent future problems, make the GNOME panels be smart about textures when using themes. When set to Left, rotate the texture 90 degrees counter-clockwise. When set to Right, rotate the texture 90 degrees clockwise. Better yet (because the rotation won't be right for 100% of themes), put a Rotate Texture option in the Background tab to rotate the texture. It could also be made more robust for scaling by adding a Scale Texture option that would take a percentage value to scale the texture up or down. Of course, it would be nicer if the panel could figure this stuff out on its own, but all themes work differently so it would probably be better to let the user set it up to whatever looks right. Also, while playing around with this, I discovered that the panels don't resize textures either. Set the top panel to 40 pixels and the texture looks bifuricated. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 11 21:29:54 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: gnome-panel 1:2.29.92.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic SourcePackage: gnome-panel Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686 ** Package changed: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) => light-themes (Ubuntu) -- panel background looks bad when left or right oriented https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537848 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
