From kde-bugs-dist  Mon May 31 23:45:26 2004
From: Sebastien <sebastien.laout () tuxfamily ! org>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 23:45:26 +0000
To: kde-bugs-dist
Subject: [Bug 82611] New: KSqueezedTextLabel : a method to set "abc...xyz"
Message-Id: <20040531234526.1877.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org>
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           Summary: KSqueezedTextLabel : a method to set "abc...xyz" OR
                    "abcdef..." or "...uvwxzy"
           Product: kdelibs
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Mandrake RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: coolo kde org
        ReportedBy: sebastien.laout tuxfamily org


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.1KDE 1.2)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMsMandrake RPMs

Hello,

KSqueezedTextLabel is a good widget.

But cutting texts on the middle can be very uggly !!!
And sometimes unwanted.

For example because the begin of the text is more important : text should be cutted on the end.
Actually, it is cutted on the middle, that make the text unreadable (we have a small begin, and a small end... we cannot see what it say).

I also envisage cutting at begin could be usefull if the end of a text is more important.

So, KSqueezedTextLabel should have a method to set where to cut
- "...uvwxzy" : setWhereToCut(KSqueezedTextLabel::AtBegin);
- "abc...xyz" : setWhereToCut(KSqueezedTextLabel::AtMiddle);
- "abcdef..." : setWhereToCut(KSqueezedTextLabel::AtEnd);

With KSqueezedTextLabel::AtMiddle by default.
And eventually an optionnal constructor parameter for that (one liner).

I know feature freeze is near but I imagine the change could take less than one hour...



Unrelated note : I cannot select KDE 3.2.0 (only 3.2.1 and greater) in bugzilla !!!
It's exagerous : every users don't want to install all versions of KDE.
I don't want to take time to install minor releases (moreover if KDE 3.3 will be out if few months) !

Thank you.