[Bug 1263078] Re: Truncate long device description in applet menu

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

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** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Truncate long device description in applet menu

Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  With some network interface devices, nma_utils_get_device_description
  could return a very long description string so you'll end up with
  awkwardly wide nm applet menu that spans almost more than half of
  horizontal area on your screen. On small screen device like laptop and
  netbook where screen estate is limited , you don't really want this.

  So it'd be a good idea to truncate the desc string if it's too long.
  I'm proposing the maximum length for the desc string to be 35
  characters before it gets truncated. Also truncation is done in the
  middle so we don't lose the info bit near the end of the desc string.

  I've prepared a patch for that. Please check the patch file that I
  attached.

  Screenshots
  Before: http://i.imgur.com/5KC84X8.png
  After: http://i.imgur.com/FQmGJ20.png

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