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Bug 20838 - Sidebar scaling issue (font size)
Sidebar scaling issue (font size)
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Interface (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Lowest minor (vote)
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Assigned To: Trevor Parscal
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2009-09-27 18:00 UTC by Robert Leverington
Modified: 2014-03-17 13:42 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Size 13 font (124.54 KB, image/png)
2009-09-27 18:00 UTC, Robert Leverington
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Size 16 font (123.86 KB, image/png)
2009-09-27 18:01 UTC, Robert Leverington
Details

Description Robert Leverington 2009-09-27 18:00:46 UTC
Created attachment 6587 [details]
Size 13 font

When using size 13 text as the default size in my web browser the logo looses the white space to its left and right, ideally the sidebar should have the same width regardless of text size.

I've attached a screenshot showing what it looks like with size 13 font, and with the default size 16 font.
Comment 1 Robert Leverington 2009-09-27 18:01:41 UTC
Created attachment 6588 [details]
Size 16 font
Comment 2 Trevor Parscal 2010-04-21 20:27:27 UTC
The assertion that the sidebar should be the same width despite text size is a very misguided one. To advocate for you, the logo is a fixed width asset, so keeping the sidebar the same width would serve to maintain proportions therein. However, the text in the sidebar is not a fixed width asset, they will become wider or narrower in direct relation to the font size.

When users adjust their font sizes, they are more commonly doing so to improve readability, and readability is greatly hindered by using a fixed width sidebar because even with work wrapping, there are many words in many languages that would easily get cut-off.

Essentially, much consideration to this point was given before implementation of Vector took place, and great care was taken to assure that Vector scaled up and down correctly in all browsers.
Comment 3 Robert Leverington 2010-04-21 22:43:36 UTC
Sorry, shouldn't this be "RESOLVED WONTFIX" then?

I understand your position and upon reconsideration agree with it, although ideally the logo would scale aswell to improve the aesthetics of the sidebar.
Comment 4 Trevor Parscal 2010-04-21 22:57:27 UTC
:)

This sounds like a job for SVG... Maybe...

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