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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Patch] Usability improved in windowlist/kicker
From:       Martin Koller <m.koller () surfeu ! at>
Date:       2003-08-14 19:14:23
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On Thursday 14 August 2003 19:00, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Thursday 14 August 2003 10:41, Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> > > on the other hand, limiting it to 25 characters (as it currently does
> > > in CVS) is also equally absurd, IMHO... i'm trying what it looks like
> > > up'd to 60 Ems, and without all the nasty separators in the menu =)
> >
> > why not replace the intermediate stuff with elipses for long paths.
> > for example,
> >
> > /home/.../stuff.txt
>
> yes... i'm use a centre squeeze...

That was already done up till now, but with a maximum width of 25 characters.
So when you have some path and at the end the program name (e.g. " - 
konqueror") this very fast fills up 25 chars and leads to useless entries, 
like:

file://home/martin...konqueror
file://home/martin...konqueror
file://home/martin...konqueror

So the main problem is not the look'n feel (ellipsis or fadeout), it's the 
displayed length!

You say displaying the whole text is not good - OK, I can see your problem.
But then we would also need to change the display of the window title when you 
have grouped tasks in the taskbar and you click on the group button.
It gives you also currently the full text and nobody complained about that.
E.g. see
http://members.aon.at/m.koller/taskgroup.png

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Martin

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