Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (471 mails)

[Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Dave Plater wrote:
> > David C. Rankin wrote:
> > > On Monday 15 June 2009 11:32:30 Dave Plater wrote:
> > >  
> > > > David C. Rankin wrote:
> > > >    
> > > > > On Saturday 13 June 2009 02:20:55 Dave Plater wrote:
> > > > >      
> > > > > > David C. Rankin wrote:
> > > > > >        
> > > > > > > Dave,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     What are you double-clicking to expand the size column? I
> > > > > > > downgraded
> > > > > > > libqt4 and I still get the same behavior. The problem is there
> > > > > > > is no
> > > > > > > way to grab the "right" side of the 'size' column. I tried the
> > > > > > > grab the
> > > > > > > left edge, move it to the right until you get the horizontal
> > > > > > > scroll,
> > > > > > > then I double-clicked everything from the horizontal scroll to the
> > > > > > > joint between the size "Installed|Size" column, the size column
> > > > > > > heading, body, etc. and the size column stays unreadable:
> > > > > > >           
> > > > > > If all the text is too long for the window you can drag the
> > > > > > window edge
> > > > > > to the left and hide the left panel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >        
> > > > > > > http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/yast
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -s ize-column-2.jpeg
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     Even if you can somehow double-click it, you shouldn't have
> > > > > > > to stand
> > > > > > > on one leg and wiggle your nose to get the column to expand. You
> > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > be able to resize the the column by grabbing the right edge and
> > > > > > > pulling
> > > > > > > to the right to fill empty space.
> > > > > > >           
> > > > > > I think I see where the confusion is. In ms windows if you grab the
> > > > > > right side of the last column header you can drag it and create
> > > > > > another
> > > > > > blank column. I've just explored various qt4 listview type
> > > > > > widgets and
> > > > > > if you double click on the right border of the rightmost column
> > > > > > header
> > > > > > it can actually shrink to the point where you have whatever is
> > > > > > underneath the columns showing. If you have libqt4-devel-doc  and
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > data package installed you will find the examples at
> > > > > > /usr/lib64/qt4/ and
> > > > > > you can play with the various widgets and observe their actual
> > > > > > behavior.
> > > > > > The widget used in the factory yast2-qt-pkg doesn't respond to
> > > > > > the mouse
> > > > > > pointer over the right side of the right hand column header but the
> > > > > > right hand column has infinite size and if it's contents extend
> > > > > > too far
> > > > > > right then the horizontal scroll bar appears. One thing you can no
> > > > > > longer do is make the size column smaller than it's contents but who
> > > > > > would really want to do that?
> > > > > > I suspect that this is a feature of the qt4 widget used for the
> > > > > > package
> > > > > > list and if you file a bug it would have to be upstream
> > > > > > http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker/ .
> > > > > > IMHO I think that the size column behavior is fine and when for
> > > > > > instance
> > > > > > I want to view all the columns then I drag the left of the size
> > > > > > column
> > > > > > until the horizontal scroll bar disappears.
> > > > > > Maybe if the description column cells were able to display double
> > > > > > rows
> > > > > > of text it would enable everything to be visible at all times.
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > Dave P
> > > > > >         
> > > > >     Yes, I agree, this issue isn't a showstopper by any stretch of
> > > > > the
> > > > > imagination, but it is just disappointing not to be able to see the
> > > > > complete size of the packages in yast. I just tried your solution
> > > > > again
> > > > > with the latest kde4.2.90 and if I resize the "Installed (Available)"
> > > > > column until the "Size" column is partially covered and then put the
> > > > > pointer over the border between "Installed (Available)" and "Size"
> > > > > <you
> > > > > get the double arrow> and double- click, then the "Installed
> > > > > (Available)"
> > > > > column is expanded to show all contents, but the size column stays
> > > > > woefully unreadable :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/yast-s
> > > > >
> > > > > ize- column-still-small.jpeg
> > > > >
> > > > >     There is no question about it, this is a "size" column issue.
> > > > > All other
> > > > > columns behave properly, but not the size column. Try this: Move
> > > > > the size
> > > > > column in between the "Summary" and "Installed (Available)"
> > > > > columns by
> > > > > just left-click (and hold) and dragging the column header. Now try
> > > > > and
> > > > > put the pointer between the "Size" and "Installed  (Available)"
> > > > > column to
> > > > > get a double-arrow cursor ... You can't. Now take and put the
> > > > > pointer on
> > > > > the right of any other column (including the "Installed  (Available)"
> > > > > column which is now the rightmost column). You get the
> > > > > double-arrow and
> > > > > can resize every other column except the "size column".
> > > > >
> > > > >     Something is wrong with that picture...
> > > > >       
> > > > The plot thickens, I cannot get my size column to look like yours i.e.
> > > > my package sizes are always displayed clearly without the little dots
> > > > that indicate hidden text. As I explained before my size column is
> > > > infinite in size but I see that yours isn't. It surely is a bug.
> > > > Regards
> > > > Dave P
> > > >     
> > > Ah hah!
> > >
> > >     The game's afoot! I'm on 11.0, but as long as I have the same
> > > yast and qt updated to what you are running, I don't see how that
> > > would make a difference. In my screenshots, that is the  "only" way
> > > I ever get to see the size information (hidden and with the little
> > > dots ...). If I had to tell you how big the packages were with the
> > > hidden text and the dots ... I couldn't.
> > >
> > >     Any ideas why we should be seeing 2 different things?
> > >
> > >   
> > Did you update your entire yast or just the two qt packages? My guess
> > would be a mixed up qt4 because qt4 supplies the columns but the yast
> > developers have customized things a little for the new tabbed version of
> > software manager. Have a look at my screenshots in the bug report that
> > is what qt-pkg should look like although I've had mine colored black
> > before at some stage. Maybe post a full picture of your yast.
> > Regards
> > Dave P
>
> Nope,
>
>     I updated all of yast. I did a "zypper up yast2" (or zypper in --
> can't recall and I have my Archlinux drive in my laptop at the
> moment). When I updated, it updated about 60 yast packages and now I
> have a nice (and very different) yast2 GUI. (I like 80% of it too, 20%
> still needs tweaking). Additionally zypper is fully updated (and
> backwards with it defaults). I'll install my openSuSE drive and get a
> package list, but I am 99.99% positive that I have the latest factory
> yast2 installed.
>
> Whoop! (no need to reinstall the drive, my package list was already in
> the thread from earlier)
>
> 18:33 alchemy:~> rpm -qa | grep yast
> yast2-irda-2.16.1-25.1
> yast2-security-2.16.1-16.1
> yast2-users-2.16.33-6.1
> yast2-ycp-ui-bindings-2.18.5-1.6
> yast2-scanner-2.16.10-13.1
> yast2-tv-2.16.6-7.1
> yast2-network-2.16.48-3.1
> yast2-control-center-gnome-2.13.3-11.1
> yast2-libyui-2.18.7-1.4
> yast2-update-2.18.5-1.1
> yast2-ntp-client-2.16.9-11.1
> yast2-sysconfig-2.16.0-28.1
> yast2-repair-2.16.12-4.1
> yast2-inetd-2.16.0-27.1
> yast2-storage-2.18.12-1.2
> yast2-slp-2.16.0-25.1
> yast2-hardware-detection-2.16.1-49.1
> yast2-x11-2.15.12-15.1
> yast2-restore-2.16.2-26.1
> yast2-mail-2.16.6-2.1
> yast2-trans-en_US-2.16.9-1.1
> yast2-http-server-2.16.9-10.1
> yast2-qt-2.18.6-1.4
> yast2-core-devel-2.18.11-1.1
> yast2-firewall-2.16.2-25.1
> yast2-bootloader-2.16.20-0.1
> yast2-add-on-2.16.8-6.1
> yast2-storage-lib-2.18.12-1.2
> yast2-core-2.18.11-1.1
> yast2-installation-2.18.15-1.2
> yast2-theme-openSUSE-2.16.38-2.1
> yast2-perl-bindings-2.16.7-14.1
> yast2-nfs-client-2.16.1-26.1
> yast2-tune-2.16.2-2.1
> yast2-online-update-2.16.15-6.1
> yast2-sudo-2.16.1-27.1
> yast2-qt-pkg-2.18.9-1.1
> yast2-pkg-bindings-2.18.5-1.1
> yast2-devel-doc-2.18.16-1.1
> yast2-transfer-2.16.1-76.1
> yast2-kerberos-client-2.16.11-9.1
> yast2-samba-client-2.16.9-3.1
> yast2-registration-2.16.7-4.1
> yast2-samba-server-2.16.3-15.1
> yast2-printer-devel-doc-2.16.32-3.1
> yast2-qt-graph-2.18.4-2.4
> yast2-ncurses-pkg-2.18.4-1.2
> yast2-dns-server-2.18.3-1.8
> yast2-trans-stats-2.15.0-87.1
> yast2-apparmor-2.16.4-4.1
> yast2-ldap-2.16.0-52.1
> yast2-ldap-client-2.16.16-6.1
> yast2-packager-2.18.8-1.1
> yast2-theme-openSUSE-Crystal-2.18.3-1.1
> yast2-branding-openSUSE-2.18.0-1.1
> yast2-runlevel-2.16.5-15.1
> yast2-iscsi-client-2.16.14-6.1
> yast2-control-center-2.16.2-11.1
> yast2-nis-server-devel-doc-2.16.4-22.1
> yast2-mouse-2.18.0-1.10
> yast2-pam-2.16.2-17.1
> yast2-support-2.16.1-6.1
> yast2-printer-2.16.32-3.1
> yast2-libyui-devel-2.18.7-1.4
> yast2-2.18.16-1.1
> yast2-xml-2.16.1-14.1
> yast2-nis-client-2.16.3-6.1
> yast2-online-update-frontend-2.16.15-6.1
> yast2-control-center-qt-2.16.2-11.1
> yast2-vm-2.16.5-7.1
> yast2-metapackage-handler-0.8.5-16.1
> yast2-network-devel-doc-2.16.48-3.1
> yast2-nis-server-2.16.4-22.1
> yast2-qt-devel-2.18.6-1.4
> autoyast2-installation-2.18.5-1.2
> yast2-country-data-2.16.26-6.1
> yast2-sound-2.16.11-6.1
> yast2-country-2.16.26-6.1
> yast2-profile-manager-2.16.1-27.1
> yast2-backup-2.16.6-0.1
> yast2-devtools-2.16.8-19.1
> yast2-ncurses-2.18.10-1.1
> yast2-ycp-ui-bindings-devel-2.18.5-1.6
Sorry about the long thread. Just another thought, my screen resolution
is 1280 x 1024.
Regards
Dave P
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