Bug 205780

Summary:	Word wrap on long tree items
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	kdeui	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cfeck, finex, stefan
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Dotan Cohen 2009-08-31 13:24:57 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Please add an option to have long text in tree items wrap, as opposed to a horizontal scrollbar appearing. Thanks.

Comment 1 Stefan Endrullis 2009-08-31 14:20:37 UTC

Here's a screenshot illustrating the problem that you have to use the horizontal scrollbar of the tree to see the full node names:
http://stefan.endrullis.de/kde/system-settings-bug.png

Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-09-07 15:50:58 UTC

@Dotan: is your wish specific for systemsettings?

Comment 3 Dotan Cohen 2009-09-12 22:01:17 UTC

> is your wish specific for systemsettings?

No, it would be nice to have this in all KDE or Qt apps.

Comment 4 FiNeX 2009-09-13 12:34:33 UTC

Moved to kdelibs

Comment 5 Dotan Cohen 2010-03-20 18:25:13 UTC

GTK apps use ellipsis to show that there is more content off-screen.

Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2010-09-01 01:02:57 UTC

> GTK apps use ellipsis to show that there is more content off-screen.

That is also possible with Qt/KDE. In fact we had bugs about people complaining that it just shows the "..." ellipses, but no scrollbar appeared (see bug 208714).

Out of all the possible solutions (scrolling, eliding, wrapping, scaling, or just resizing the view) the application developer has to choose. That is nothing that can be fixed or decided in KDE.

In fact, most tree or list views are plain Qt widgets, so there is nothing KDE could add or change there.

If you see an application which clearly uses the wrong solution, please file a bug or an enhancement request for that application.