Bug 205780 - Word wrap on long tree items
Summary: Word wrap on long tree items
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: kdeui (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Unspecified
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Reported: 2009-08-31 13:24 UTC by Dotan Cohen
Modified: 2010-09-01 01:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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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.