allow customizable label width for grid layout

[jstnlth]

Previously the labels in the grid were basically unreadable - LibreOffice apps being an excellent example. This patch allows a user to enter a numeric label length, so there is full customization by the user for any label width he wants. Reasonable choices are offered via the settings menu, but any size can be set using gsettings or dconf-editor.

A label size of 0 is offered to disable labels completely. This could be good for compact view - where the label was generally useless anyway. The name and description of each icon still shows up in the info bar.

[The-Panacea-Projects]

Okay interesting, didn't think it necessary but in anycase seems quite useful as an option. Will merge shortly after reviewing the code a bit.

[jstnlth]

On 22/01/16 07:53, The Panacea Projects
  wrote:

  Okay interesting, didn't think it necessary but in anycase
    seems quite useful as an option. Will merge shortly after
    reviewing the code a bit. 

You are OK with not being able to see the name of the application on
the label?  The LibreOffice labels are ALL LibreOf....  How can you
tell them apart?   A minimal label length might be OK for a power
user who already knows everything about the computer and just needs
a tiny hint, but for most users they would want to be able to see
most - if not all - of the name.

That was the prime motivation behind the change.  Removing the label
was added simply because it was an easy possibility based on the
fix's design, allowing another level of customization to the end
user.

Thanks for making Gnomenu.  It makes gnome-shell almost usable.
Justin

[The-Panacea-Projects]

Hi Justin appreciate the patch and yes we do agree for the most part that a full label would be useful for users unfamilier with certain Apps and their function. It's just that we are of the opinion that the List-View better facilitates this need more so than a Grid, given the amount of horizontal space some labels would encompass. We are more inclined to incorperate a tooltip adjacent to each icon when hovered, offering all the information currently shown in the App-Box below (name & discreption). However time has not facilitated such a move and the option to manually adjust presented here seems useful in this regard.

[jstnlth]

On 22/01/16 09:08, The Panacea Projects
  wrote:

  Hi Justin appreciate the patch and yes we do agree for the most
    part that a full label would be useful for users unfamilier with
    certain Apps and their function. It's just that we are of the
    opinion that the List-View better facilitates this need more so
    than a Grid, given the amount of horizontal space some labels
    would encompass. We are more inclined to incorperate a tooltip
    adjacent to each icon when hovered, offering all the information
    currently shown in the App-Box below (name & discreption).
    However time has not facilitated such a move and the option to
    manually adjust presented here seems useful in this regard. 

I prefer the list view myself.  Your tooltip idea could work well
with this patch.  If the user chooses zero sized labels, then you
could enable the tooltip.

I don't like the workspaces replacing the categories panel when
Recent/websites is chosen, so I think I'll work on seeing what a
good option is for that.  I think the workspaces pane is also
trigger by some other event - it seems to show up unexpectedly
sometimes.   We would also like to have right-click options
(add/remove from favorites/frequent and perhaps other choices), but
that looks a bit complicated to code.

Justin

[jstnlth]

On 22/01/16 07:53, The Panacea Projects wrote:

Okay interesting, didn't think it necessary but in anycase seems quite useful as an option. Will merge shortly after reviewing the code a bit.

Just rethinking the label sizes again. The number selection chosen was semi-random. Perhaps it would be more consistent to use multiples of 8 (so 112 and 128)

[The-Panacea-Projects]

Yes adding the tooltip along with the options this patch affords should suffice. Regarding the workspaces our current thinking is to unhinge from categories altogether and have it optionally shown to the right of menu (see pic). Its full width would only be shown when hovered unless otherwise requested.