I agree it probably should be ellipsized in some way. However, the attached patch would clearly not be acceptable upstream -- there is a better way to do this with GTK functions.
Could you see if you could rewrite / adjust the patch, and how well it would work using gtk_label_set_ellipsize() and gtk_label_set_max_width_chars() ? (see https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/unstable/GtkLabel.html for the documentation on those functions). It would also be nice if somebody having the bug could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance. ** Tags added: patch-needswork -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263078 Title: Truncate long device description in applet menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1263078/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
