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Bug 66276 - faq screen width does not adjust with browser (faq page only)
Summary: faq screen width does not adjust with browser (faq page only)
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux FAQ (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High trivial (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml
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Reported: 2004-10-03 20:43 UTC by Acorn Pooley
Modified: 2004-10-05 02:22 UTC (History)
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Description Acorn Pooley 2004-10-03 20:43:41 UTC
The above URL does not resize when I resize my browser window.  The result is a very wide page which requires horizontal scrollbar to read.  Other pages in the gantoo docs do not seem to have this problem.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml in a web browser
2.make the window narrow and/or increase size of text 
3.notice text wrapping does not change; text breaks occur at same point 

Actual Results:  
text does not word-wrap more tightly when window is narrow

Expected Results:  
text should wrap more tightly so entire text can be seen without horizontal
scrolling

I am using galeon 1.2.7 which is based on mozilla.
I see same behavior on mozilla 1.2.1.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2004-10-03 21:26:13 UTC
works just fine for me in firefox / konq

you're using pretty old versions of both galeon/mozilla ... sounds like a browser bug
Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-05 02:22:09 UTC
Not really a browser bug; there is one FAQ that requires a lengthy Code Listing (3.5 in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#proxy). Because Code Listings are formatted using the <pre> tag (i.e. no line wrapping) smaller browsers or low resolution screens might force the browser to scroll horizontally.

We try to keep our installation instructions around 80 chars wide, but for other documentation we are not that strict. I'd rather not line-wrap the FETCHCOMMAND/RESUMECOMMAND variables in that FAQ - I hope that the horizontal scrolling is only a minor inconvenience.

Perhaps using http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml?style=printable#proxy might resolve the issue a bit for you, although resizing the browser will eventually always lead to horizontal scrolling. That's not something we can do much about.