Panel plugins have a fixed size in trunk

juha kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
Mon Sep 10 22:26:21 CEST 2007


Nick Schermer kirjoitti:
> 2007/9/10, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>:
>   
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:16:47 +0200, "Nick Schermer"
>> <nickschermer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> >From now on the plugin size is fixed in trunk. This means the plugin
>>> cannot increase the panel size anymore and will be cutoff when it is
>>> bigger.
>>>       
>> Much better now. The last days I used the old panel code because the
>> missing symbols(especially for pidgin) were too annoying.
>>
>> But now, some things doesn't look nice anymore and some others need
>> fixing like the orage clock(see attached image).
>>     
>
> Yeah that's a pitty. Most plugins are not designed for vertical
> panels, atleast not when they don't get the needed size. That's a real
> downside of this fix, but plugin writers need to fix this.
>   
As far as I can see there is nothing I can do to get Orage-clock work
better in the new panel. If there is not enough space, users need now
to increase panel size.

/Juha



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