Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Hi,
I recently found this forum while reading up on the Thunderf00t kerfluffle and I'm really enjoying the discussion. The only problem I see with the site is that the CSS is set up to use a fixed width, which results in a horizontal scroll bar on my preferred browser settings. Would you consider changing this to use percentages of the user-specified browser window width?
Thanks,
Patrick
I recently found this forum while reading up on the Thunderf00t kerfluffle and I'm really enjoying the discussion. The only problem I see with the site is that the CSS is set up to use a fixed width, which results in a horizontal scroll bar on my preferred browser settings. Would you consider changing this to use percentages of the user-specified browser window width?
Thanks,
Patrick
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Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Actually, I meant to ask about this too. It forces the page to be about one inch wider than I have my browser set for.
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
I did have this set to float to screen width to begin with, but for widescreen monitors this is very bad. When I get a chance I'll look at reducing the width, but I'm going to keep it fixed at some value.
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
I've knocked 120px off the width. Let me know if that works for you.
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Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Still too big, but, please, don't use me as any sort of a guideline. I wasn't going to say anything, but as someone else did, I thought, well, in for a penny; in for a pound. Or summat. I have my browsers set to specific sizes because this is my workstation, not a playstation, so to speak. And I need the real estate for other things.
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This works fine for me... thanks. I didn't think to ask you to change it, but this is much nicer. Narrower columns are also much nicer to read. before I'd been scrolling it over, so I hadn't been able to appreciate the avatars folk were using.Lsuoma wrote:I've knocked 120px off the width. Let me know if that works for you.
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It's still wider than my browser width.Lsuoma wrote:I've knocked 120px off the width. Let me know if that works for you.
Out of curiosity, why are you committed to using a fixed width? Shouldn't window size be up to the user?
Thanks,
Patrick
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Because of this.
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
So is the issue that the text displays badly in extremely wide browser windows? If so, how about using the max-width property, a third column, or some Javascript to set the layout based on the detected window size?Lsuoma wrote:Because of this.
I'm enjoying the site, I just find horizontal scrolling unaesthetic and unnecessary.
Regards,
Patrick
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Now set to width 85%, max-width 1080px, min-width 650px.
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
That's great, thank you!Lsuoma wrote:Now set to width 85%, max-width 1080px, min-width 650px.
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
By the way, this kind of calm, rational discussion about technical issues reflects the environment I'm seeing in the Periodic Table of Swearing thread.
You missed a wonderful opportunity for a flame war, complete with personal insults and accusations of incompetence on all sides. How do you expect to grow an online community without those?
You missed a wonderful opportunity for a flame war, complete with personal insults and accusations of incompetence on all sides. How do you expect to grow an online community without those?
Re: Fixed width forces horizontal scrolling
Don't worry - when it's time to rewrite history, we'll add that in.Patrick wrote:By the way, this kind of calm, rational discussion about technical issues reflects the environment I'm seeing in the Periodic Table of Swearing thread.
You missed a wonderful opportunity for a flame war, complete with personal insults and accusations of incompetence on all sides. How do you expect to grow an online community without those?