Bug 314435

Summary: usability issues in resize dialog
Product: [Applications] partitionmanager Reporter: Kapcsándi István <istvan.kapcsandi>
Component: generalAssignee: Volker Lanz <vl>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: jackmietz, sephiroth_pk
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.0.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Kapcsándi István 2013-02-04 22:03:36 UTC
User/newcomer can't recognize that there is a draggable part on the visual aid in the resize dialog.
Compared to gparted, where we see huge arrow-like graphics at the selected partition edges, this tool shows a wide gray border, and thats all.
Another tiny thingy inside this dialog: we are informed that the partition minimum/maximum size can be x.xx GiB. However, the 3 input fields (before, size, after) metrics are in MiB. This is not so friendly - again, compared to gparted, where we get the info / input fields in the same scale (MiB).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have a resizable partition
2. select that partition
3. click resize/move
User look at the partiton graphic, then at the info lines (min/max sizes), and then at the input fields.
Actual Results:  
user don't see that there are resizer helpers at the partition graphics.
user have to launch kcalc and calculate free space/new size in MiB.

Expected Results:  
User recognize at first that he/she can drag the partition edges.
User info and input fields are in the same scale/measure or can change to/from GiB/MiB.

It was lauched from a kubuntu 12.10 live dvd.
Comment 1 Riccardo Robecchi 2020-11-11 13:07:45 UTC
This seems to be a duplicate of bug 388650.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 388650 ***