Re: [gdm-list] a few gdm changes

["William Jon McCann" <mccann jhu edu>]

On Dec 17, 2007 5:52 PM, Ray Strode <halfline gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Sorry I wasn't very clear.  I'm thinking that the top level window
> > shouldn't automatically resize at all.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> So the issue is that the face browser can have lots of users.  In the
> case it does, we probably want to show 5-10 on screen (depending on
> screen resolution).
>
> Now when a user is selected, we only show 1 user.  that means there is
> going to 4-9 users worth of blank space in the dialog if we don't
> resize the dialog.
> One thing I didn't test, is if the dialog only has 1 user in it.  It
> could be we shouldn't resize if the delta is small.  Or maybe we
> should use separate windows, for face choosing and the pam
> conversation?
>
> What do you think?

I think I've pinned down what I don't like about the resizing.  The
animation happens after the auth prompt and session chooser are shown.
 So, we see an immediate increase in size followed by the slower,
animated decrease.  If we can fix that then I think it will look nice.

Jon