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[Paul Sladen <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Attachment added: "string-to-break-software-centre.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/837507/+attachment/2333988/+files/string-to-break-software-centre.txt

** Description changed:

-   1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.
-   2. Eventually
-   3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected.
+   1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.
+   2. Eventually
+   3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected.
  
  xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre"
  
-   Absolute upper-left X:  373
-   Absolute upper-left Y:  189
-   Relative upper-left X:  1
-   Relative upper-left Y:  29
-   Width: 19122
-   Height: 951
-   Depth: 24
-   Visual: 0x21
-   Visual Class: TrueColor
-   Border width: 0
-   Class: InputOutput
-   Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
-   Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
-   Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
-   Backing Store State: NotUseful
-   Save Under State: no
-   Map State: IsViewable
-   Override Redirect State: no
-   Corners:  +373+189  --18095+189  --18095--90  +373--90
-   -geometry 19122x951+372--91
+   Absolute upper-left X:  373
+   Absolute upper-left Y:  189
+   Relative upper-left X:  1
+   Relative upper-left Y:  29
+   Width: 19122
+   Height: 951
+   Depth: 24
+   Visual: 0x21
+   Visual Class: TrueColor
+   Border width: 0
+   Class: InputOutput
+   Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
+   Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
+   Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
+   Backing Store State: NotUseful
+   Save Under State: no
+   Map State: IsViewable
+   Override Redirect State: no
+   Corners:  +373+189  --18095+189  --18095--90  +373--90
+   -geometry 19122x951+372--91
  
  String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it
  doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but
  given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string
  will do.
+ 
+ Ideally, Software Centre should not resize its window in response to
+ unrelated input.

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Title:
  Software Centre expands its window to 19122x951 when 65536-character
  string is pasted into search box

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
    1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.
    2. Eventually
    3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected.

  xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre"

    Absolute upper-left X:  373
    Absolute upper-left Y:  189
    Relative upper-left X:  1
    Relative upper-left Y:  29
    Width: 19122
    Height: 951
    Depth: 24
    Visual: 0x21
    Visual Class: TrueColor
    Border width: 0
    Class: InputOutput
    Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
    Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
    Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
    Backing Store State: NotUseful
    Save Under State: no
    Map State: IsViewable
    Override Redirect State: no
    Corners:  +373+189  --18095+189  --18095--90  +373--90
    -geometry 19122x951+372--91

  String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it
  doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but
  given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string
  will do.

  Ideally, Software Centre should not resize its window in response to
  unrelated input.

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