Version: (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources The Fuzzy Clock applet should widen itself as the length of it's output dictates. Furthermore, the panel encompassing the Fuzzy Clock should also expand as needed. This is how it worked in KDE 3.5.x and it worked fine. Now in KDE 4.x the Fuzzy Clock is confined and cannot show it's entire text.
Created attachment 29654 [details] Screenshot illustrating the problem. One can see in the analog clock that the hour is 22:55 but the Fuzzy Clock is too confined to show the whole output.
fixed in trunk
Thanks, Marco. Did you just fix it? This was tested in a Project Neon build, which is Trunk from just a few days ago.
yes, the fix is just a couple of days old, it's still not perfect since the font is quite small in the panel, but the text is complete
I see that the Fuzzy Clock applet now expands as is necessary, but the panel does not. Therefore I am reopening. Thanks.
when you say "the panel does not" do you mean that the panel is not at it's maximum size setting and doesn't grow to accomodate the clock?
SVN commit 903094 by mart: keep the font proportioned to panel size in horizontal panel BUG:178840 M +8 -0 fuzzyClock.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=903094
@Aaron: no, I mean that if the panel is less than maximum size, say X pixels wide, and the Fuzzy Clock needs N>X pixels to display, then the panel should expand to N pixels wide automatically (until the maximum screen size). This was the behaviour in KDE 3, and it is great because one can configure a hidden panel as small as possible that pops up when the mouse is near, and put a Fuzzy Clock on it. When the users pops open the panel the effect is that the Fuzzy Clock pops up, nothing more. It is very nice, and adds a very human touch to the UI.
SVN commit 903225 by mart: propagate preferred size hints, makeing the panel expand as necessary CCBUG:178840 M +7 -1 fuzzyClock.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=903225
Thanks, Marco! I look forward to triaging this in the next few days.
"that the panel is not at it's maximum size setting and doesn't grow to accomodate the clock?" .. "I mean that if the panel is less than maximum size, say X pixels wide, and the Fuzzy Clock needs N>X pixels to display, then the panel should expand to N pixels wide automatically" :)