[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7983: buttonlists are truncating options in various screens/themes

[trebor_s at web.de]

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:12:30 -0000, "MythTV" <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org>
wrote:
> #7983: buttonlists are truncating options in various screens/themes
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>  Reporter:  skd5aner <skd5aner@…>          |       Owner:  ijr       
>      Type:  defect                         |      Status:  new       
>  Priority:  minor                          |   Milestone:  0.23      
> Component:  Themes                         |     Version:  0.22-fixes
>  Severity:  medium                         |     Mlocked:  0         
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>  I have come across several screens where a user is presented with a
>  selectable option list, but the textarea/buttonlist truncates the text
to
>  the point where it is hard (sometimes impossible) to distinguish the
>  available options. [[BR]]
>  For example, on a recording rule, within "Schedule Options" for "Dupe
>  Method" I see the following options:[[BR]]
>  "Match duplicates using subt..." [[BR]]
>  "Match duplicates using subti..." [[BR]]
>  "Match duplicates using subtitle" [[BR]]
>  "Match duplicates using descr..." [[BR]]
>  "Don't match duplicates"
> 
> 
> 
>  Of course, it's impossible to know the difference between the first 3
>  settings based on how it is truncated in the UI.  Many settings start
with
>  the exact same text, and the truncation occurs prior to a
distinguishable
>  point in the option.
> 
> 
> 
>  I have noticed this in two themes in particular, Graphite and Terra,
but
>  it may not be limited to those two. As well, just because it's in
>  Graphite, I don't assume it'll be exactly the same in Terra (and vice
>  versa) as I have not checked every case in each theme. I did fallback
to
>  Project Grayhem to test which did not exhibit the problem.
> 
> 
> 
>  If I find any more obvious ones I run into I'll post up the offenders,
but
>  here is an initial list that I hit more frequently and causes frequent
>  problems:
> 
> 
> 
>  - Recording Rules [[BR]]
>  -- Recording Rule Details Page [[BR]]
>  ** Recording Rule Options [[BR]]
>  --- Schedule Options [[BR]]
>  *** "Dupe Method" [[BR]]
>  *** "Dupe Scope"
> 
> 
> 
>  - Manage Recordings [[BR]]
>  -- Schedule Recordings [[BR]]
>  --- Custom Record [[BR]]
>  --- Store[[BR]]
>  **** Buttons "Store <rule name> as a..."
> 
> 
> 
>  My assumption is that several of the "basewideselector" buttonlists
don't
>  try to take into account the necessary length of the options to ensure
>  that a user can appropriately see enough of the text to make a
decision.
> 
>  Also - my resolution is at 1280x720 (100dpi)

Regarding the Blue-abstract theme I have fixed these issues already in the
latest version. 
I have encountered myself that the selectors were not wide enough.

Robert S