[Bug 1843984] Re: iubuntu dash truncate the name of all application searched - no way to see the complete name

[Paul White]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 968213 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968213

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Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
duplicate of bug 968213, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
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can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
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** Package changed: dash (Ubuntu) => gnome-shell (Ubuntu)

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 968213
   Too many icons in Gnome Shell Activities Overview require ellipses

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Title:
  iubuntu dash truncate the name of all application searched - no way to
  see the complete name

Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed avidemux, which installed two packages with the same initial part of their names: avidemux2.7_jobs_qt5 and avidemux2.7_qt5.
  By clicking SUPER, the Dash will appear. If I search for "avidemux" the two elements appear but because of the name truncated, I can't differentiate them, either are showed with the name "avidemux 2.7 (".
  Right-clicking on one of these there is the "details" option but it bring me to the "ubuntu software" application that does not recognize the application saying "application not found".
  I think that the choose to truncate the application name in the Dash is simply a design bug.
  This is very annoying: there is enough space to see the compllete name, instead of truncate it to the preview image size...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: dash 0.5.8-2.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-27.28~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Sep 14 10:42:12 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-07 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dash
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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