[Bug 1069285] [NEW] Unnecessary horizontal scrolling in Additional Drivers page

[Dylan McCall]

Public bug reported:

The Additional Drivers page generally has a short list containing
options with long labels, such as "Using X.Org X server - AMD/ATI
display driver wrapper from xserver-xorg-video-ati (open source,
tested)". Some of these labels are very similar for the first 50
characters or so.

Many labels go well beyond the default width for the dialog, resulting
in a horizontal scrollbar. Meanwhile, there is all sorts of vertical
space that could easily accommodate the information. It would be easier
to work with this dialog if the labels were word wrapped, instead.

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Screenshot of the Additional Drivers panel in Software Sources featuring a horizontal scrollbar"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069285/+attachment/3406879/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-10-20%2022%3A31%3A34.png

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Title:
  Unnecessary horizontal scrolling in Additional Drivers page

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Additional Drivers page generally has a short list containing
  options with long labels, such as "Using X.Org X server - AMD/ATI
  display driver wrapper from xserver-xorg-video-ati (open source,
  tested)". Some of these labels are very similar for the first 50
  characters or so.

  Many labels go well beyond the default width for the dialog, resulting
  in a horizontal scrollbar. Meanwhile, there is all sorts of vertical
  space that could easily accommodate the information. It would be
  easier to work with this dialog if the labels were word wrapped,
  instead.

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