commit 7dd886a9e910086da313f55391008c984645971b
Author: Harald Judt <h.judt@gmx.at>
Date:   Mon Nov 5 07:27:30 2012 +0100

    Make thunar chooser dialog better utilize available monitor height.

diff --git a/thunar/thunar-chooser-dialog.c b/thunar/thunar-chooser-dialog.c
index b67834a..61b9851 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-chooser-dialog.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-chooser-dialog.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ thunar_chooser_dialog_init (ThunarChooserDialog *dialog)
   dialog->header_label = gtk_label_new ("");
   gtk_misc_set_alignment (GTK_MISC (dialog->header_label), 0.0f, 0.5f);
   gtk_label_set_line_wrap (GTK_LABEL (dialog->header_label), TRUE);
-  gtk_widget_set_size_request (dialog->header_label, 350, -1);
+  gtk_widget_set_size_request (dialog->header_label, 450, -1);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (header), dialog->header_label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show (dialog->header_label);
 
@@ -1192,6 +1192,8 @@ thunar_show_chooser_dialog (gpointer    parent,
   GdkScreen         *screen;
   GtkWidget         *dialog;
   GtkWidget         *window = NULL;
+  GdkRectangle       rect;
+  gint               monitor_num = 0;
 
   _thunar_return_if_fail (parent == NULL || GDK_IS_SCREEN (parent) || GTK_IS_WIDGET (parent));
   _thunar_return_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file));
@@ -1230,6 +1232,18 @@ thunar_show_chooser_dialog (gpointer    parent,
       gtk_window_set_transient_for (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), GTK_WINDOW (window));
     }
 
+  /* calculate the height for the dialog window */
+  if (G_LIKELY (screen))
+    {
+      if (G_LIKELY (window != NULL && GTK_IS_WIDGET (window)))
+        monitor_num = gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_window (screen,
+                                                        gtk_widget_get_window (GTK_WIDGET (window)));
+      gdk_screen_get_monitor_geometry (screen, monitor_num, &rect);
+      /* reserve some space for the panel and wm decoration and only resize if above minimum height */
+      if (rect.height - 140 > 440)
+        gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW (dialog), -1, rect.height - 140);
+    }
+
   /* destroy the dialog after a user interaction */
   g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (dialog), "response", G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroy), NULL);
 
@@ -1241,7 +1255,3 @@ thunar_show_chooser_dialog (gpointer    parent,
   /* display the dialog */
   gtk_widget_show (dialog);
 }
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