Bug 801203 - tall, unusable network menu due to small screen and many wireless networks
Summary: tall, unusable network menu due to small screen and many wireless networks
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 16
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-07 22:42 UTC by Ben Liblit
Modified: 2013-02-13 20:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 20:25:57 UTC
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screen shot showing menu taller than screen; four additional menu items are inaccessible below the "WiscVPN OnCampus" item (584.68 KB, image/png)
2012-03-07 22:42 UTC, Ben Liblit
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Description Ben Liblit 2012-03-07 22:42:56 UTC
Created attachment 568445 [details]
screen shot showing menu taller than screen; four additional menu items are inaccessible below the "WiscVPN OnCampus" item

Description of problem:

My laptop has a somewhat small (1024 x 768) display.  When I am in view of many wireless networks, the shell's network menu becomes significantly taller than the screen.  The bottom of the menu is cut off, preventing me from selecting various VPN connections or bringing up the overall network settings control panel.

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

gnome-shell-3.2.2.1-1.fc16.i686
NetworkManager-0.9.2-1.fc16.i686
NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.2-1.fc16.i686

How reproducible:

100% reproducible.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a machine with a small screen.
2. Go to a WiFi-dense area.
3. Attempt to use the GNOME Shell's network menu.
  
Actual results:

Menu is taller than the screen, making menu items near the bottom of the menu inaccessible.

Expected results:

Either the menu should scroll or more WiFi networks should be hidden under the "More..." submenu.  In either case, menu items toward the bottom of the menu should remain accessible.

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