Here's a screenshot of the system settings window in a freshly upgraded 12.04.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of non-resizing window with scrollbar" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+attachment/3114948/+files/system_settings_not_resizing.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908650 Title: "System Settings" window cannot resize Status in GNOME Control Center: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I don't know the technical details of this package. It is the default settings manager in Ubuntu 11.10, latest version as of 12/25/2011 at 8:10 PM EST. This can be accessed by clicking the gear/power button icon in the upper right of the screen, and selecting the top option, "System Settings....". I am trying to make the window full screen, but I there is no maximize button, my maximize shortcut doesn't work, double-clicking the title bar doesn't work, and the window can't be resized through the edges of the window. I would have included the package name or looked at the man pages, but I can't figure out what package this is. I tried going under "help>about" as in most applications, but there is no menu bar. I even recognize the application from Ubuntu 10.10, which I no longer have installed, nor do I plan to install to fix this. You might be wondering why I'm even posting this bug report. The sound manager now exists solely in this application, and I have multiple audio devices. My most commonly used audio devices are my speakers, which is a 4.0 surround setup, a stereo Bluetooth headset, with microphone, and an HDMI port on my graphics card. Since I cannot resize the window, and the icons only have one size, I am forced to work with what I have. The audio devices are large blocks in a scrollable list, which could technically be replaced with medium sized icons. The HDMI and speaker devices have a number of useful options like left-right balance, front-back balance, and the connector type. These take up the majority of the bottom of the window, and could take up less space if their labels were moved to the left or right of the sliders they describe, rather than below each slider. The simplest and best solution, however is to simply make the application scalable. I have a rather large display and can afford to have all sorts of options lying around waiting to be put to good use. Some people have smaller screens, and will appreciate my suggestion to make icons smaller. In the even that smaller icons become available, however, make sure that the larger versions remain available. Just because tablets and phones are getting smaller doesn't meen you need to force lower resolutions: people are also trying to make HD TVs, increase screen size, and even bring HD to portable devices. Linux is a scalable environment: as more applications support Unity, more people will be willing to use it. Just make sure that those of us who built servers and gaming PCs aren't sitting at what might as well be a first generation iPod. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/908650/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
