Bug 388650 - Usability issues in Resize/move partition dialog
Summary: Usability issues in Resize/move partition dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 448908
Alias: None
Product: partitionmanager
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrius Štikonas
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Keywords:
: 314435 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2018-01-07 16:31 UTC by Burkhard Lück
Modified: 2022-01-23 16:12 UTC (History)
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Description Burkhard Lück 2018-01-07 16:31:47 UTC
Task: Change the size of a partition up/down several hunded GiB

1) System
neon git unstable uo to date
Version Partitionmanager 3.3.0 Frameworks 5.42 / Qt 5.9.3 / 

2) Resize/move partition dialog

Maximum number I can enter into Free space before / Size / Free space after

2a) Preferred unit MiB

111111 MiB / 1024 = 108,51 GiB
99999 MiB / 1024 = 97,66 GiB
PgUp + PgDown +/- 10 MiB Align partition enabled or disabled

2b) Preferred unit GiB

111 GiB 
99 GiB
PgUp + PgDown +/- 0.01 GiB Align partition enabled
PgUp + PgDown +/- 10 GiB Align partition disabled

2c) Resizing a partition with the mouse is not possible, I have no right handle or left handle
    If there is enough space before oder after a partition I can move it only

2d) Changing the preferred unit is only possible with the option --advconfig
    on start, but that otion is missing in the handbook

These limitations make is impossible to change the size of a partition up/down several hunded GiB
Comment 1 Burkhard Lück 2018-01-07 19:27:39 UTC
the right or left handles are invisible, but after some trying hard i managed to pick the hotspot where the cursor changes, but this point is tiny and hard to find.

I use devices in the range fron a few GiB up to a few TiB, therefore the  preferred unit setting should not be hidden in a commandline option
Comment 2 Andrius Štikonas 2018-01-16 16:37:37 UTC
I've removed --advconfig command line option. Now advanced config page is always shown.

By the way, there is a similar bug report #314435
Comment 3 Burkhard Lück 2018-01-16 17:55:44 UTC
Thanks.
But nevertheless the limit for the maximum nuber you can enter into Free space before / Size / Free space after should be raised to the maximum values given by the device.
That would it make possible to change huge partition sizes without the need to use the mouse for such a task.
Comment 4 Andrius Štikonas 2018-01-16 18:01:01 UTC
(In reply to Burkhard Lueck from comment #3)
> Thanks.
> But nevertheless the limit for the maximum nuber you can enter into Free
> space before / Size / Free space after should be raised to the maximum
> values given by the device.
> That would it make possible to change huge partition sizes without the need
> to use the mouse for such a task.

Isn't it already possible? I can type any numbers I want in those spinboxes as long as they are consistent (i.e. can't have size smaller than used space in partition, etc)
Comment 5 Riccardo Robecchi 2020-11-11 13:07:45 UTC
*** Bug 314435 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Andrius Štikonas 2022-01-23 16:12:36 UTC
I think the only issue here left is hard to find handles. Let's deal with it in a separate bug #448908

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 448908 ***