Bug 88014

Summary:	Variable size for login dialog
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdm	Reporter:	Arent <arent>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	Ronny.Standtke
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Proposal of redesigned login dialog

Description Arent 2004-08-25 10:01:19 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

Currently, the login dialog has a fixed size. If you've got a 21' monitor and just 5 accounts, even then you have to scroll around to get access to some user images.

It would be nice if the dialog would do some sort of auto-resize to display as much user images as possible.

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-08-27 12:10:56 UTC

the problem is, that the greeter will look ugly if the list is much higher than the rest of the dialog. what do you think would be a reasonable maximum number of list items to display?

Comment 2 Arent 2004-08-27 13:48:57 UTC

I see the problem. Two solutions come to mind:

1) Let the user make the choice by configuring the number of displayed user images via "Control Center/System Administration/Login Manager/Appearance".

2) Redesign the login dialog so it's not getting ugly when displaying a greater number of user images (see attachment). Even then you could let the user decide if he/she wants the dialog to expand automatically or to stick to an upper limit.

Comment 3 Arent 2004-08-27 13:50:52 UTC

Created attachment 7316 [details]
Proposal of redesigned login dialog

Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2006-09-05 10:22:10 UTC

*** Bug 128850 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Oswald Buddenhagen 2010-03-24 16:07:53 UTC

generalizing ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 232011 ***