[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21256: New theme feature - add_theme_support( 'content-width', $defaults )

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#21256: New theme feature - add_theme_support( 'content-width', $defaults )
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 Reporter:  ramiy                     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                    |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 Replying to [comment:31 studiograsshopper]:
 > This seems to me to be a lot of hoops to jump through to deal with
 something which shouldn't be dealt with by PHP/HTML in the first place.
 Why not ditch $content_width altogether and let CSS do the work?
 > (Or am I missing something obvious?)

 `$content_width` also controls the width of the content in the post editor
 so you get a realistic preview of what it will look like.

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