Make forum posts wider

[Stux]

Problem/Justification

When someone posts a ``` code block or embedded link or some other fixed width resource the forums default width is too narrow requiring scrolling back and forth to read the code block… even if the code block is not very wide…

no matter how wide you make the window.

Impact

This will make it easier to read code blocks and other embedded media which will help forum users provide help to other forum users.

This should lead to world peace.

User Story

The feature would magically make code blocks and posts wider and a user would magically be able to see the whole post without scrolling horizontally, if their window was wide enough

Productivity would improve and the global economy would recover.

[joeschmuck]

I have to admit, the small space to create a posting has crossed my mind quite a bit as well, almost every time I have to enter something.

@Stux Good request!

[Davvo]

Make the forums great again!

Donald ZFS Trump, probably.

[John]

You can expand those text boxes. Hover your mouse over the upper right corner and click the double arrows.

[dan]

@John

You can expand those text boxes.

Only vertically, AFAICT. The real problem is horizontal, and it’s not just with composing messages, but also with reading them.

[John]

No, they can take up the whole screen. Here is a shell script one. Try it and let me know if I misunderstood.

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Here is a small one (I’d like to see how this one expands).

; SCHEME
(define tolerance 0.00001)
(define (fixed-point f first-guess)
  (define (close-enough? v1 v2)
    (< (abs (- v1 v2)) tolerance))
  (define (try guess)
    (let ((next (f guess)))
      (if (close-enough? guess next)
          next
          (try next))))
  (try first-guess))

EDIT: They only expand vertically as far as it can. So if the code block is longer than the screeen it will expand up to 100pct vertically.

[dan]

@John

No, they can take up the whole screen.

Ah, I thought you meant while composing a post. Yes, the code blocks can expand as you say.

[John]

There is a full screen compose too. Double arrows in the upper right. FWITW, I type posts/code in my editor and paste in.

[winnielinnie]

I am against this feature request. Please delete your thread.

[neofusion]

You’re looking at your monitor wrong.

Rotate the screen 90 degrees left or right and the width is perfect.

[ABain]

I’m closing this to free up the votes but I have communicated the request internally to those who administer the forums.