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Bug 7500 - Palettes cutoff on low resolution screens
Summary: Palettes cutoff on low resolution screens
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Amaya
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 11.2
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Vatton
QA Contact: Vatton
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Reported: 2009-09-04 20:17 UTC by J. J. Ramsey
Modified: 2009-09-07 14:24 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Screenshot of Amaya with cutoff palettes (119.00 KB, image/png)
2009-09-04 20:17 UTC, J. J. Ramsey
Details

Description J. J. Ramsey 2009-09-04 20:17:59 UTC
Created attachment 745 [details]
Screenshot of Amaya with cutoff palettes

The attached screenshot shows Amaya on a netbook, with the Special Characters palette cutoff at the bottom, with some of its buttons unreachable. There should at least be a scrollbar to allow the whole of the palette to be accessed.
Comment 1 Vatton 2009-09-07 08:28:39 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Created an attachment (id=745) [details]
> Screenshot of Amaya with cutoff palettes
> 
> The attached screenshot shows Amaya on a netbook, with the Special Characters
> palette cutoff at the bottom, with some of its buttons unreachable. There
> should at least be a scrollbar to allow the whole of the palette to be
> accessed.
> 

The solution is to use the Customizable panel bar.
Comment 2 J. J. Ramsey 2009-09-07 13:23:34 UTC
> The solution is to use the Customizable panel bar.

That is a useful workaround, but it isn't a fix. It amounts to using a configuration option--and a non-obvious one at that--to bypass a UI design flaw.
Comment 3 Vatton 2009-09-07 14:24:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> > The solution is to use the Customizable panel bar.
> 
> That is a useful workaround, but it isn't a fix. It amounts to using a
> configuration option--and a non-obvious one at that--to bypass a UI design
> flaw.
> 

Two years ago, several Amaya users discussed the Amaya UI and proposed the current new design.
An important item was to remove the scrollbar in the main tool's panel (confusion with the document scrollbar, and scrollbars generated by some tools) and to provide the customized panel configuration instead.

That represented an important work for Amaya developers and not a simple workaround. You have a different point of view, but I cannot consider your report as a bug.