[Goodies-dev] [Bug 8961] regression in plugin orientation in vertical panel

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8961

Landry Breuil <landry at xfce.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Landry Breuil <landry at xfce.org> ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> It seems that there's some kind of regression in battery plugin with the
> support for “deskbar” mode in 4.10 panel.
> 
> It seems that before, no matter what orientation the panel was in, the text
> was horizontal. Now, I guess the text is horizontal when panel is horizontal
> or in deskbar mode, and vertical when the panel is in vertical mode.

Yes

> It doesn't seem to make much sense to have vertical text here, especially
> since it was the case before. But, for people still using 4.8 panel, there's
> no way to have the previous behavior back.

If you look at fsguard/diskperf for example, they now behave the same.
Furthermore, it's not easy to fit width-variable labels on fixed-size panels,
so it makes more sense to have it oriented the same as the panel. Something
more to decide in the HIG...

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