Bug 697538 - Dialogs run off the bottom of my screen.
Summary: Dialogs run off the bottom of my screen.
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 697316
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-apps
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-18 14:41 UTC by Mike Hoye
Modified: 2018-04-11 13:13 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-04-18 15:55:40 UTC
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Description Mike Hoye 2011-04-18 14:41:07 UTC
Description of problem:

About half the dialog boxes I've run into on my little netbook run off the bottom of the screen. I can't see or reach the Cancel, OK or Next buttons on most control panels.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

I'm running Rawhide, but this is not a version-dependent problem.

How reproducible:

Trivially reproducible. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Own a netbook. Mine has a screen resolution of 1024x600, I think.
2. Install Fedora
3. Try to start Evolution, manipulate the system settings, or generally do anything.
  
Actual results:

Kind of sad, kind of frustrating: http://exple.tive.org/for/world/runoff.png 

Expected results:

Dialog boxes should never be taller than the monitor they're on, or at least should include a scrollbar if they need to be, because honestly now.

Additional info:

I really like the new Gnome 3 look, but this is one of a small number of things that are really making Fedora hard to love.

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-04-18 15:50:41 UTC
I wonder whether we are able to work on 600 points high display, but anyway this is most likely issue of individual applications which needs to deal with this somehow.

Reassigning to Evolution.

Comment 2 Matthew Barnes 2011-04-18 15:55:40 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 697316 ***

Comment 3 Mike Hoye 2011-04-18 20:09:03 UTC
Evolution is just an example. It happens in the iBus settings, in the Universal Access settings, in the Mouse & Touchpad control panel, just all over the place. Should I file bugs against individual applications? It would be great if there a way to address this all at once.


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