Mathieu, I'm well are of the gtk_label_set_ellipsize() function but the reason why I didn't use in the first place is because it only cut off long string after x number of characters then append '...' to it. I didn't like the idea because you'd lose the meaningful portion of info near the end of the long string so imo it's a bad way to truncate long string in user interface
In comparison, here's how a long device desc will look like under two different method of truncation gtk_label_set_ellipsize() -> Qualcomm Atheros AW-NE785 / AW-NE7... what my patch suggests -> Qualcomm Atheros AW-NE785.. PCIe Card -- 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
