(re)moving the right block thingy

Rolenet · Mar 18, 2017

I'm referring to the right colum with "Forums/En5ider/TRAILseeker etc.".

I don't mind its content, it's just very wide and eats up way too much width on my 1024 screen.

This is a real issue: it prevents displaying of the thread titles, messes up the layout of all post edit tools, and makes some forms absurdly narrow (e.g. settings profile). It blocks about 25% of the screen's width all the way to the bottom of the page.

Really, it would be awesome if this could be fixed. Various more or less practical suggestions:
* allow collapsing it to the right ("slide masking")
* allow closing it altogether
* set the main forum frame to a fixed width, allowing this column to be off-screen
* allow flowing of content below it (I know it's not that easy...)
* move it to a menu item

Blue · Mar 18, 2017

I wish I could do something with it as well. I use a dual monitor setup with one portrait (tall) which is quite useful for some things I do*, but since so many apps expect a landscape (wide) layout I usually have apps/games on that monitor and ENWorld & other browsing in the tall one. I lose about 1/3 of my total screen real-estate too that right hand menu. About 40% total is wasted when you also consider the left and right grey margins.

(* "Some things" involve displaying PDFs for game systems that sell them as I write up adventures, so they are wholesome gaming related activities, I'm not a deviant for having one oriented like this.

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Morrus · Mar 18, 2017

There's a little right arrow to slide it closed. It's very narrow, though, about half the width of most websites' sidebars; I wonder if something's not working correctly with your browser/res combo or something? 1024 is actually off the bottom of the scale of the analytics I get, it's so rare these days.

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Blue · Mar 18, 2017

[MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION], I don't see that on either my landscape (1920x1080) or portrait (1050x1680) monitors. I'm running an up to date version of Firefox. I also went in with Chrome and had the same - no button where I can see it in your image. Here's my own screenshot.

Morrus · Mar 19, 2017

Could you guys show me screenshots of the whole screen rather than just the side block? Though if you're using 1024 there might not be much I can do to help.

Darkness · Mar 19, 2017

Blue said:
... 1920x1080 ... up to date version of Firefox. ...

For the record, I can see the button with this setup.

Rolenet · Mar 19, 2017

Thanks Morrus.
Here is a screen cap. I don't see the right arrow either. I'M using FF49.0.1, nothing fancy.
Are 1024 screen really this rare nowadays, even with tablets?
Would there been a roundabout way to slide the block without using the right arrow, e.g. a Settings option?
thanks

Morrus · Mar 19, 2017

Rolenet said:
Are 1024 screen really this rare nowadays, even with tablets?

Pretty rare. They're just lumped in as part of the 5% "other" category on the Analytics these days. Mobile devices have their own skins, so it all looks different on a tablet or phone anyway.

Rolenet · Mar 19, 2017

If it could help in any way... in the resulting HTML source, I noticed that this link has no content, but two empty lines nonetheless. It kind of seems to be related to that collapsing arrow...

<a id="sidebar_button_link" href="#">

</a>

Mortilupo · Mar 22, 2017

It's not on mine either and I'm running less than 1024.

(re)moving the right block thingy

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