[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2721: Smaller properties window for better display

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#2721: Smaller properties window for better display
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   Reporter:  jrm               |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  minor: annoyance  |          Milestone:  Version 1.5.0
  Component:  GUI               |            Version:  HEAD         
   Keywords:                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                 |  
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 The properties windows of a layer is using a lot vertical space to display
 the different categories making necessary to scroll down. On a 17" screen,
 the diagram overlay is hidden at the bottom even when maximizing the
 window to the borders of the screen, making it hard to discover for
 unexperienced users. I saw a try on an small 10" netbook and the result
 wasn't pleasant.

 The same reasoning that happened on the composer window should be applied
 there too. The solution could be similar, the categories could be
 displayed in a text list instead of the actual big icons.

 See #2202 for an example of awkward display caused by the icons list

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2721>
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