Also, I've marked bug 1928208 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1928208) as a duplicate of this bug. 1928208 has a better image description of how the problem could be solved, by displaying the message higher up. Perhaps what could also be included, is the functionality of taking to the user to a screen where they can see more details about the message if they click the message. I noticed that clicking a circle near the date displayed, opens up a box that shows recent messages. Perhaps this existing functionality could be developed further (image attached) to be made more useful in terms of displaying more details.
** Attachment added: "messageDetailsDisplay.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1926932/+attachment/5497391/+files/messageDetailsDisplay.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926932 Title: Error message too short to understand what is wrong Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla). I placed a text file on my desktop, and on clicking it, I was shown the error "Execution of /home/myUsername/Desktop/.goutputstream-WU... Command not found". Even on clicking the error message that popped up, it didn't expand to show more details. So basically, the bug I'm reporting is about error messages being too short/obscure to be useful for users to figure out what the problem actually is. Image attached. The black spot in the middle was added by me to obscure the username. (on a a side note, I was clicking a plain text document which had the checkbox for "allow executing file as a program" ticked). Clicking any other textfile didn't show this error. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.6 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-02 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) Package: gnome-shell 3.38.1-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-50.56-generic 5.8.18 RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.2-1ubuntu1~20.10.1 Tags: groovy Uname: Linux 5.8.0-50-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1926932/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
