Bug 140691

Summary: import news sources file dialog far too wide
Product: [Applications] akregator Reporter: Wolfram R. Sieber <Wolfram.R.Sieber>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: osterfeld
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: too wide import dialog -- area greyed out is out of view on a 1024x768 screen

Description Wolfram R. Sieber 2007-01-27 00:10:52 UTC 
Version:           1.2.5 (using KDE 3.5.5, Debian Package 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-5 (4.0))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.18-3-k7

I've got a virtual desktop size of 1230x788px with a real resolution of 1024x768.

While featuring a familiar height, the "import news sources" dialog is far too wide. It consumes about 1100px in width, resulting in cut buttons to the right.

Since the dialog doesn't simply max out the whole width, and the file names area is almost empty, the width it features looks not being chosen relatively to any external parameter but simply arbitrarily.

Despite many screens today feature _at_least_ a 1280x1024 resolution, I think no dialog should rely on that minimum resolution. -- Would be nice if you'd fix that.

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Additionally, I'll add a screen shot of the dialog + a line indicating the 1024 snap.
Comment 1 Wolfram R. Sieber 2007-01-27 00:16:34 UTC 
Created attachment 19430 [details]
too wide import dialog -- area greyed out is out of view on a 1024x768 screen
Comment 2 Frank Osterfeld 2007-01-27 21:14:12 UTC 
Do you have that problem only with this particular dialog, or with KDE file dialogs in general? We use the standard dialog here in a standard way. Try e.g. Location->Save As in Konqueror and compare.
Comment 3 Wolfram R. Sieber 2007-01-28 23:23:02 UTC 
Hi Frank,
I tried it on Konversation and Konqueror, now. Both feature that far too wide "Save as" dialog.
Comment 4 Wolfram R. Sieber 2007-02-08 08:04:32 UTC 
I noticed: That issue existed in KDE 3.3.2 already. But somehow, now, I noticed it for the first time. (Maybe I wasn't too much after the accesibility issues before...)
Comment 5 Frank Osterfeld 2008-10-27 22:47:02 UTC 
Not an akregator issue, and obsolete with KDE4. Closing.