Bug#649770: gnome-panel: no way to remove dynamical space around clock applet

[Witold Baryluk]

On 11-24 14:06, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 01:40:20AM +0100, Witold Baryluk wrote:
> > On 11-23 22:23, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:10:38PM +0100, Witold Baryluk wrote:
> > > > Package: gnome-panel
> > > > Version: 3.2.1-1
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > Hi.
> > > > 
> > > > Clock applet is currently centered on panel, but it looks
> > > > that actually around applet is some kind of invisible applet / item,
> > > > which just changes width acording how other elements
> > > > takes space.
> > > > 
> > > > You can move around it, but moving around other applets
> > > > and elements. But you cannot remove them, configure or add them.
> > > > 
> > > > One should be able to Alt-Right-Click on this space and show
> > > > Move and Remove from panel in context menu.
> > > 
> > > You can position a widget left, center, or right on the panel. It's
> > > not possible to place an applet at a freely-chosen position. I guess
> > > this is what you think to be a problem here[1].
> > > 
> > > [1] I guess we all know that gnome-panel 2.X was horribly broken
> > >     WRT applet placement, at least for everyone using screens of
> > >     multiple resolutions.
> > 
> > 
> > I see. So essentially there are 3 groups now, left, center and right,
> > and you can place applet in one of them, and change order of applets
> > in each group.
> > 
> > It may look like nice improvement, but I know some people which was actually
> > happy and exploited old behaviour to freelly lay out activators
> > and applets in ways which are currently impossible to do.
> > Like increasing inter-activator space.
> 
> The problem with the free layout was that applets would move randomly
> when you resized the screen. More can be found at:
> 
> http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/04/13/gnome-panel-is-dead%2C-long-live-gnome-panel%21

You already said that, and I understand that.

What I say is that now I cannot setup what is spacing beetwen applets
and activators in each group. I liked it less dense that it is now.
I can try using separator applet, but it doesn't introduce enough
spacing, and it draws ugly vertical line.

So, I think we can change this bug report to wishlist for separator
applet being more configurable (allowing setting width and color).

Regards,
Witek

-- 
Witold Baryluk