[wp-hackers] The fixed with of the admin area

Viper007Bond viper at viper007bond.com
Sun Mar 2 13:42:17 GMT 2008


Heh, beat me to it.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:34 AM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:23:50 +1100, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just updated my SVN install and noticed that now everything is a fixed
> width
> > (designed for a 1024 pixel screen).
> >
> > Words cannot emphasize how much I am against this. I personally run
> > 1600x1200 for the sole reason of not having to deal with this kinda
> stuff. I
> > like my input boxes nice and wide. I like not having to scroll
> vertically as
> > much. etc.
> >
> > I realize it's an easy edit on my part to fix it (and I'll probably
> release
> > a plugin to fix this if it stays this way), but please reconsider this
> > change. All that white space to the right looks ugly as sin and it
> really
> > hampers the ease of use of the admin area.
> >
> > For those on low resolution desktops, here's what I mean:
> > http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/03/02/whitespace.jpg
> >
>
> I know *exactly* what you mean, Others seem to want it small to keep the
> editing windows down to a managable size (aparantly they dont like full
> window width editing).
>
> Which is why i made this quick plugin:
> http://dd32.id.au/wordpress-plugins/remove-max-width/
>
> Just adds a style tag to the admin headers to remove the max-width on the
> wrap and whatnot.
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