596393 - Long extension names stretch the Add-ons Manager

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 567652

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Matthew Turnbull [Bluefang]]

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There are some pretty long extension names out there (one of them mine), so it may not be the best idea to leave them un-cropped.

Aside from cropping the name, there is a fair amount of unused space, above the control buttons, which could be used by the name.

Some extensions also have long versions strings. I'm not sure it needs to be quite so prominent in the UI. Decreasing the text size or placing it in a different location could have some more space savings.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 2

[Matthew Turnbull [Bluefang]]

Attachment: extensions.xul mockup patch

I created a fairly rough mockup of my thoughts. I'm not too familiar with XUL and I didn't add IDs to the wrapper boxes I created. Basically, it structurally reorganizes the richlist items, so that it's more flexible horizontally.

I also played around with the presentation of the version string.... Having it attached to the name, floating right, large font or not, etc... In this patricular patch, I have the version string in smaller text and floating right. I'm not sure I like it that way, but I was just playing around.