[Pidgin Plugins] #166: Specified/adaptive guification width

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#166: Specified/adaptive guification width
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  Reporter:  uilleann        |       Owner:        
      Type:  FeatureRequest  |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  5               |   Milestone:        
 Component:  Guifications2   |     Version:        
Resolution:  wontfix         |    Keywords:        
   Pending:  0               |  
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Changes (by jbailey):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  None => wontfix
  * pending:  => 0

Old description:

> {{{
> It would be nice if the width of the guifications could
> be either adaptive (if that's possible) or specified.
> As I understand it, this is supposed to happen, but it
> ain't.
>
> By default, the mini theme has the text items set to a
> width of ~60, so they truncate to the width of the
> guification. I first tried changing all the widths to
> 110; the effect of this is shown in the upper part of
> the attached image. The text just goes straight off the
> side.
>
> As per grim's suggestion, I set all the text items to a
> width of zero, which means that the text adapts to the
> guification, instead of the guifications adapting to
> the text.
>
> The default width seems a tad too small for me, and I
> feel it would be nice to be able to widen the boxes a
> bit. I'd prolly suggest this item be added into the
> defaults panel I'd like to see, along with default
> icon, default background image setting usw.
> }}}

New description:

 It would be nice if the width of the guifications could be either adaptive
 (if that's possible) or specified.  As I understand it, this is supposed
 to happen, but it ain't.

 By default, the mini theme has the text items set to a width of ~60, so
 they truncate to the width of the guification. I first tried changing all
 the widths to 110; the effect of this is shown in the upper part of the
 attached image. The text just goes straight off the side.

 As per grim's suggestion, I set all the text items to a width of zero,
 which means that the text adapts to the guification, instead of the
 guifications adapting to the text.

 The default width seems a tad too small for me, and I feel it would be
 nice to be able to widen the boxes a bit. I'd prolly suggest this item be
 added into the defaults panel I'd like to see, along with default icon,
 default background image setting usw.

Comment:

 We're not adding any new features to Guifications 2.x.  It's in
 maintenance-only mode right now.

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Ticket URL: <http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/ticket/166#comment:4>
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