source review not showing in full
Because I often compare information side by side, I rarely view pages full screen. It wasn't a problem with the old view but with the new view, part of the info when I do a source review is cut off. Here's what I see:
Turns out, it's not due to the way I view pages. Adjusting the window width doesn't make a difference. Going full screen didn't either. Part of the text remains out of view. I don't see any way to scroll side to side to see everything in the box. I don't understand why the format doesn't adjust so that all of the information fits within view. Is this on the list of bugs to correct?
TIA!
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It looks like the trouble is your scroll bar. It is covering up the text. They may not have accounted for your particular set up. You probably need to do the usual: report device, operating system/version, browser/version.
On my set up the scroll bars are about half the width and do not show up unless actively scrolling:
so nothing gets hidden.
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@Gordon Collett "They may not have accounted for your particular set up."
That would be rather surprising. I'm using the latest version of Firefox so it's not outdated.
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I took another look and probably this is an issue for anyone who has the scroll bars always on.
Since you use Firefox I took a look at settings for Firefox on my Mac. It looks like Firefox just uses the macOS system settings. From the width of your scroll bars, I assume you are on a Windows computer. I don't know if Firefox there has a specific scroll bar setting. If it does, you might try setting it to only show scroll bars when scrolling.
For me, this is how things look when I change my system setting to scroll bars always on:
Notice the difference. Here I do get the text cut off as well.
So it probably is that the sidebars do not adjust in width if the scroll bars are set to always be on. Or in other words, text gets hidden because the scroll bars are inside, not next to, the frame that defines the sidebar box.
I guess this could be fixed by padding the right side of the sidebar with empty spaces that are as wide as the widest scroll bar anyone would ever have which would rob space for the source information itself.
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I am on a Windows computer. Thanks for the tips. I looked in Firefox settings to see if I could figure out what to adjust but nothing jumped out as the obvious fix. I'll ask hubs for help and go from there. Thanks!
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I'm also on Windows and Firefox and never noticed this -- probably because the only thing actually cut off is the Ls of the "Open All" link above the person's relatives, and I ignore the index presentation of relatives as a matter of survival. (The way they're presented on FS is just a jumble of names and relationship words.)
That panel definitely needs a bit more room to breath.
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