[Bug 54577] Window list in bottom panel resizes arbitrarily

[Roland Hammerle]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: metacity

When opening and/or closing windows the window list in the bottom panel
resizes its entries all the time. This is very confusing for the user.

It is especially annoying when the title of the window changes. This
happens in Firefox (browsing the net to other sites), Thunderbird
(selecting a different mailbox), Rhythmbox (a new song is played),
Terminal (a different directory is entered), etc.

Sometimes these changes happen automatically (e.g. new song in Rhythmbox
starts). It is very frustrating when it happens while one wants to
select an application - and the button for the application moves away.

It is not a space issue either, since - in my case - half the bottom
panel is empty anyway. Also, there seems to be no logic in the size of
the buttons either. It would be nice if there was a more consistent
logic to calculating the width of the entries in the window list.

** Affects: metacity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Window list in bottom panel resizes arbitrarily
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54577