Too many icons in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Shell |
New
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Unknown
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Several apps in the default Ubuntu 17.04 or 17.10 install have Ellipses when shown in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview.
This was made worse by switching GNOME Shell to use the Ubuntu font because the Ubuntu font is a bit wider than GNOME's default Cantarell font so some apps that didn't require ellipses in 17.04 require them now in 17.10 Alpha.
The upstream GNOME bug proposes that apps names be allowed to use 2 lines. This is similar to what the Settings app (gnome-
This is also really bad for languages that use more characters than English.
Original Bug Title
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Gnome Shell Activities Overview should show full names on mouse hover
Original Bug Report
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The title says it all --- especially when choosing recent documents, if they start with the same say 12 or 14 letters, it's impossible to differentiate them (see attached screenshot).
When mouse is hovering an icon, the full name of the application/
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
summary: |
- gnome shell activities overview should show full names on mouse hover + Gnome Shell Activities Overview should show full names on mouse hover |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Wishlist → Medium |
tags: |
added: gnome-17.10 removed: activities gnome-shell ui |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Gnome Shell Activities Overview should show full names on mouse hover + Too many apps in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
summary: |
- Too many apps in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses + Too many icons in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses |
tags: | added: rls-bb-incoming |
tags: | added: visual-quality |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
tags: | added: bionic |
affects: | ubuntu-gnome → hundredpapercuts |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
tags: | added: focal |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
status: | Confirmed → Expired |
tags: |
added: jammy removed: gnome-17.10 |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
status: | Expired → Unknown |
tags: | added: kinetic |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
tags: | added: lunar mantic |
The default size of many things in activities is currently a bit too small and rather difficult to read. This affects things like window titles, and even worse for application icons. In general, I'd say text size should be kept >= 10pt.