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

Wed Mar 5 19:27:23 GMT 2008

This sounds good. Would it also change style when the window is resized 
and work flawlessly in all browsers?

If this is not done, IMHO we should change the max-width to using em's, 
so on large monitors where the user has set larger font sizes it would 
still look right.

Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
>> The alternate stylesheet is the most elegant solution, as it is
>> invisible to people who don't need it.  (Which is most.)
> 
> I completely agree. However, instead of an alternate stylesheet, what I
> would do is the following:
> 
> 1. Check to see if the user has a large screen size using the jQuery
> Dimensions plugin (when minimized 'only about 2k') [1]. So for example, if
> screensize is 'X' big, we print "widescreen"
> 
> 2. If the dimensions count as wide, small, medium, or whatever we choose
> according to the jQuery Dimensions results, we give the <body> tag a
> specific classname, eg. <body class="widescreen">
> 
> 3. The main wp-admin.css stylesheet will have different styles according to
> that body.widescreen class. This is good because we aren't making another
> HTTP request for a different stylesheet entirely, just exceptions for
> widescreen sizes.
> 
> This is completely transparent for users, means that it changes according to
> whatever screen your using (I take back my comment on making it a saved
> option, as people access their admin panels from varying sizes of screen).
> 
> The overall effect of this is a better experience for varying sizes of
> screen, and only 'around 2k' of extra load.
> 
> Alex
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