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gnome-panel package

no dialog to make panel fullwidth on Twinview or Xinerama

Bug #61479 reported by Dirk
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Panel
Confirmed
Wishlist
gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

There does not seem to be any way of making a panel span wider than the width of the first screen of a twinview or xinerama screen. Or if there is, it is buried somewhere non-obvious and should be in the 'properties' dialog available on right-click.

Tags: xinerama
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I'm pretty sure that's a duplicate if somebody wants to search for upstream and ubuntu bugs about that

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Rejected → Unconfirmed
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in gnome-panel:
importance: Untriaged → Low
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Chris Rose (chris-vault5) wrote :

I think this is the upstream bug.

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unconfirmed → Unknown
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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aglet (robin-kizoom) wrote :

I have the opposite problem; I want to be able to configure my Panel to only span one physical monitor, rather than the entire twinview display. The Properties / General / Expand checkbox will allow either whole display, or a floating minimum size panel. This is "The GNOME Panel 2.20.0.1"

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Robin Sheat (eythian) wrote :

@aglet: It does that by default, however you have to have X starting with two monitors attached, and Twinview enabled in xorg.conf. If you don't do this, then gnome never realises that you have two screens, and puts the panels across both of them. It's a bit of a pain to set up, but once it's working you can switch layout freely, and the panels are always on one monitor only.

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unf (unforcer) wrote :

Importance Low :(

I am really going to change to a new distro if this won't get fixed by anytime soon.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

you can switch to an another distribution it'll have the same bug since that's a GNOME one

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Dirk (ubuntu-tobit) wrote : Re: [Bug 61479] Re: no dialog to make panel fullwidth on Twinview or Xinerama

unf wrote:
> Importance Low :(
>
> I am really going to change to a new distro if this won't get fixed by
> anytime soon.
>

Although I (think) I originated this bug, there is (for me) a perfectly
acceptable workaround, which is to have two panels. One on the left hand
screen and another on the right. Then I distribute the things I want
between them.

So, I can't help but have some sympathy with its importance being low.

Also, I suspect that (part of) the problem is also the thing that
prevents a program from occupying the whole of *both* screens, instead
of just the screen that you are on, when you maximise. I think that this
is much better behaviour.

What you lose on the swings you, may, gain on the roundabouts...

Dirk

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Changed in gnome-panel:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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