Inkscape

Inkscape Not So Netbook Friendly

Bug #326663 reported by steliosd
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Bug Description

Hello, I have a netbook running Ubuntu at 1024x600. Inkscape's UI is not apparently designed for such a small vertical dimensions so big parts of the sidebars and toolkit are always hidden and/or inaccessible, given that they don't roll/scroll/fold.

Moreover the overall minimize, maximize, restore, fullscreen window management flow is completely broken as the app maximized incorrectly leaving parts of the desktop open and in fullscreen makes the title bar invisible, literally, but everything else stays in place.

I tried to check the keep icons small option but no luck. As a hack, making the icons and widget text size smaller would work but the solution is really scrollable/foldable containers to reduce UI clutter and enable a set to panels to coexists peacefully at the same depth level.

This my $2e-02 and any help would be much appreciated.

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steliosd (dritsas) wrote :

Downloaded the latest version 0.46 and it seems that the wish for scrollable panes is already there! =))

Yet the window sizing (including docked panels) problems persist. I have to use alt+drag to see the status bar of the window.

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Guillermo Espertino (Gez) (gespertino-gmail) wrote :

stelios:
Technically, this has already been fixed in SVN (what will be Inkscape 0.47), so I should mark this report as fixed, although the released stable version isn't fixed.
However, I marked this report as a bug of a similar (not the same, but related) issue, because there are still some issues in the development version in certain configurations.
You should try a development version and see if your problems persist.
If that's the case, please provide additional information in the other bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326340).
I think it will be better for developers if the problems related to the behavior of the program in netbooks are centralized in just one place and not scattered in several reports.

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steliosd (dritsas) wrote : Re: [Bug 326663] Re: Inkscape Not So Netbook Friendly

Thank you very much for the reply. I am going to wait for the 0.47
build because if I try to pull it from the SVN (including all build
tools) this tiny machine is going to die, lol

S.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Guillermo Espertino (Gez)
<email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 326340 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326340
>
> stelios:
> Technically, this has already been fixed in SVN (what will be Inkscape 0.47), so I should mark this report as fixed, although the released stable version isn't fixed.
> However, I marked this report as a bug of a similar (not the same, but related) issue, because there are still some issues in the development version in certain configurations.
> You should try a development version and see if your problems persist.
> If that's the case, please provide additional information in the other bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326340).
> I think it will be better for developers if the problems related to the behavior of the program in netbooks are centralized in just one place and not scattered in several reports.
>
> --
> Inkscape Not So Netbook Friendly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326663
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