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enable text labels for panel items instead of tooltips
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Priority:
Medium
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfce4-panel
Component:
Launcher

Comments

Description Bob Bagwill 2005-09-09 21:57:49 CEST 
I would like the option to show the tooltip text as a label instead.

Rationale:
1) Icons meanings aren't self-evident
2) Tooltips are slow
3) Easier for eyesight-impaired

Desirable options:

1) show text instead of icon
2) show text above/below/on icon
3) scale text with icon

Fancy stuff:
4) use translucent text and composite with image
5) fade text in, instead of floating tooltip
6) choose color/font/size
7) enable for entire panel and/or individual items


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2005-12-20 10:04:59 CET 
Yeah, allowing labels could be a useful option. I won't add any of the fancy
stuff though ;-) 

I don't think I'll get around to working on this myself, though, so if anyone
else wants to try, please go ahead.
Comment 2 Nick Schermer editbugs 2006-12-16 12:22:14 CET 
Reassign his bug to me, because thiswill most likely be fixed in the new launcher code.
Comment 3 Harold Aling 2007-09-23 18:16:33 CEST 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Reassign his bug to me, because thiswill most likely be fixed in the new
> launcher code.
> 

Is it fixed already?
Comment 4 Nick Schermer editbugs 2007-09-23 18:41:17 CEST 
Nope, not yet.
Comment 5 Nick Schermer editbugs 2008-12-03 14:08:23 CET 
*** Bug 4676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Nick Schermer editbugs 2009-06-07 20:14:25 CEST 
Not a common case, but you can show a label instead of an icon.
Comment 7 keisangi 2009-06-08 10:12:06 CEST 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Not a common case, but you can show a label instead of an icon.

so it is fixed now ?
Comment 8 keisangi 2009-06-08 10:14:20 CEST 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Not a common case, but you can show a label instead of an icon.

so it is fixed now ?

i don't need the fancy stuff, i'd just like to be able to create custom menus with text label instead of just and icon.
Comment 9 keisangi 2009-06-08 10:16:37 CEST 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Not a common case, but you can show a label instead of an icon.

so it is fixed now ?

i don't need the fancy stuff, i'd just like to be able to create custom menus with text label instead of just and icon.

hum come to think about it, a global menu option like in gnome and kde would great as well. i would use both custom menus with text labels and global menu.
no need for task bar, i'll switch with a "task list" button in panel and alt-tab too
Comment 10 Nick Schermer editbugs 2009-06-09 07:05:08 CEST 
Right now in the git version there is a checkbox to show a label *instead* of an icon. When the xfce menu library supports merging and we have a menu editor again, you can create all sorts of menus for the menu plugin (which will most likely also move to the panel in the feature).
Comment 11 Nick Schermer editbugs 2010-02-27 15:08:41 CET 
Devel branch has been merged in master. A 4.7.0 release will follow soon. If you think this bug is not fixed? Feel free to reopen the bug.

Bug #1143

Reported by:
Bob Bagwill
Reported on: 2005-09-09
Last modified on: 2010-02-27
Duplicates (1):
  • 4676 ability to choose whether to display text and/or icon in launchers and menus

People

Assignee:
Nick Schermer
CC List:
2 users

Version

Version:
4.4.x
Target Milestone:
Panel 4.8

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