Application Menu Width Issues

after infinite ******* around, i found a hack solution to the width issues i was having with the application menu in rolling release.

The applications menu had an issue where the categories on the left were cut off because the width of the box was not wide enough. I'm on a mac with a retina display

to fix this i did:

Code:

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sudo leafpad '/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js'

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scrolled down until i came to

Code:

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        this.categoriesBox.box.width = 300;

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(just search for 300)

and replaced it with

Code:

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        this.mainBox.box.width = 950;
        this.categoriesBox.box.width = 500;

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save > logout > log back in. should be much better.

If not play around with those numbers. Main box is the width of the entire menu, categories box is obviously the size of the categories box within the main box.

Probably a dodgy hack job and there is a way better way to do it, if so put it below. but that should be enough to get you going.