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Re: jump window text alignment

 

I think it makes sense to either do right alignment or ellipsize text so
the end is always visible.

Could you file the request in the github issue tracker?

Regards,

Jaap

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 05:32 Nathaniel Beaver <nathanielmbeaver@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Sometimes the paths in the jump window are too long, and the matched
> page name might not be visible. For example, a search for
> "power-manager" might return
>
> > projects:software:bugs-and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4
> > projects:software:bugs-and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4
>
> when the full paths are
>
> >
> projects:software:bugs-and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4-power-manager
> >
> projects:software:bugs-and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4-power-manager-plugins
>
> (See attached screen shots.)
>
> One option is just to make the jump window wider so that the full path
> is visible. However, this can be ungainly and is limited by screen size.
>
> Would it be possible to right-align the matched text in the jump
> windows, as in the attached screenshot mockup?
>
> A search for "power-manager" would return
>
> > are:bugs-and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4-power-manager
> > -and-feature-requests:debian-sections:xfce:xfce4-power-manager-plugins
>
> This way, the matching text would always be visible.
>
> Alternately,
>
>
> Nathaniel Beaver
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