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[David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: ubuntu-translations
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  ubuntuone-control-panel does not adapt to length of translated
  messages

Status in Ubuntu Translations:
  New
Status in Ubuntu One Control Panel:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntuone-control-panel” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Backround:
  English is one of the most compact written languages. As a result, translations are often longer than the original message.

  This becomes a problem in ubuntuone-control-panel, where buttons and
  textfields are not big enough to hold the Dutch (nl) translations,
  which means they are cut, and the user cannot read them properly. (See
  the attached screenshot).

  Preferred solution:
  Make buttons expand in size depending on the text on the label. As can be seen from the screenshot, there is plenty of room for the buttons to expand to the left, and this was taken on an 10.1' netbook.

  Easiest solution:
  Keep everything as it is, but add a translators comment to all relevant strings, specifying the length restrictions that apply to that particular string. 

  
  The relevant strings marked in the screenshot are:
  "Bestandssynchronisatie wordt uitgevoerd..."
  "Verbinding verbreken"

  And the English source text is:
  "File Sync starting..."
  "Disconnect"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubuntuone-control-panel 2.99.5-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Mar  4 21:11:12 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntuone-control-panel
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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