Cinnamon: Network/Wifi applet becomes bigger than screen and not scrollable

Created on 8 Sep 2016 · 12Comments · Source: linuxmint/cinnamon

After some time connected to a WiFi network,
the "More" section of the network applet becomes empty.
The list of available networks get too long for the screen, cannot be collapsed, and has no scroll bar.
You have to click the "Network settings" menu entry, and deactivate and reactivate Wifi to make the applet work properly again.

I've attached two screenshots, one with the proper behaviour, and another with the applet after the bug happens.
How it looks while it works

And how it gets after some time

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artscoop

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@clefebvre Please, can you assigne someone to solve this bug?
We've been suffering it for more than 5 years now and this ticket has been open for 3 years...

JohnD28 on 2 May 2019

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I'm experiencing similar issue too. No scrollbar. Same behavior with the 'More' arrow. The list is too long for the screen so that I cannot see the top of the applet's menu.

wifiapplet

ghost on 21 Oct 2016

I have the same issue in Cinnamon 3.2.7, has this been fixed?

jony0008 on 1 Feb 2017

Still happening on 3.2.8.

vranki on 31 Mar 2017

I have the same problem in cinnamon 3.2.7 with stretch, is there gonna be a fix soon ??

kdvr on 13 Oct 2017

Still have the same problem with LM 18.3 and cinnamon 3.6.7

JohnD28 on 30 Apr 2018

Still happening cinnamon 3.8.9

jcebidanes on 1 May 2019

@clefebvre Please, can you assigne someone to solve this bug?
We've been suffering it for more than 5 years now and this ticket has been open for 3 years...

JohnD28 on 2 May 2019

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@JohnD28 are you still experiencing this issue?

icarter09 on 2 Dec 2019

I can't test it any more. Is it an easy way to simulate a long list of available Wi-Fi networks?

JohnD28 on 2 Dec 2019

@JohnD28 should be easy to simulate a long list. I'll test it out tonight. Thanks.

icarter09 on 2 Dec 2019

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@JohnD28 I was able to create a long list and did notice that the More section does become scrollable. I also saw what everyone else is referencing about the issue of the network list becoming too long.

icarter09 on 3 Dec 2019

Still happening on Cinnamon 4.6.7. I do not remember it being an issue with Mint 19.3 / Cinnamon 4.4. Maybe the network manager's output has changed between versions 1.10 and 1.22 and the list of available networks that is reported by NetworkManager is bigger.