Page content is wider than view window

Page content is wider than view window

[Brady Trainor]

If I am reading the git book or manual (https://git-scm.com/), and zoom
in, and/or have browser sized to a fraction of the screen, I cannot see
all the text, and have to horizontally scroll back and forth to read at
that zoom.

This may also be for smaller laptop screens, so those with larger
desktop monitors may not see this often.

Can site designer consider this in layout?

For example, I find it easier to read manuals at
https://gitirc.eu/git.html.

(This is unfortunately a very common problem on websites, including
github's help pages.)

Thank you,

--
Brady

Re: Page content is wider than view window

[Eric Sunshine]

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 11:59 PM Brady Trainor <mail@bradyt.com> wrote:
> If I am reading the git book or manual (https://git-scm.com/), and zoom
> in, and/or have browser sized to a fraction of the screen, I cannot see
> all the text, and have to horizontally scroll back and forth to read at
> that zoom.
>
> Can site designer consider this in layout?

The git-scm.com website is maintained as a distinct project[1] at
Github; it is not directly related to the Git project itself (to which
you sent this email). A good way to voice a concern or make a
suggestion about the website is either to open an issue[2] or submit a
pull request[3] if you have a specific change in mind.

The Pro Git book (if that's what you're reading) is also a distinct
project[4], not directly related to the Git project. You can likewise
open an issue[5] or submit a pull request[6] if needed.

[1]: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com
[2]: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues
[3]: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/pulls
[4]: https://github.com/progit/progit2
[5]: https://github.com/progit/progit2/issues
[6]: https://github.com/progit/progit2/pulls

Re: Page content is wider than view window

[Brady Trainor]

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> The git-scm.com website is maintained as a distinct project[1] at
> Github; it is not directly related to the Git project itself (to which
> you sent this email). A good way to voice a concern or make a
> suggestion about the website is either to open an issue[2] or submit a
> pull request[3] if you have a specific change in mind.
>
> The Pro Git book (if that's what you're reading) is also a distinct
> project[4], not directly related to the Git project. You can likewise
> open an issue[5] or submit a pull request[6] if needed.
>
> [...]

Ah, that was completely discoverable through the website. My mistake,
thank you for redirect.

-- 
Brady

Re: Page content is wider than view window

[Jeff King]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:58:51PM -0700, Brady Trainor wrote:

> If I am reading the git book or manual (https://git-scm.com/), and zoom
> in, and/or have browser sized to a fraction of the screen, I cannot see
> all the text, and have to horizontally scroll back and forth to read at
> that zoom.
> 
> This may also be for smaller laptop screens, so those with larger
> desktop monitors may not see this often.
> 
> Can site designer consider this in layout?

Yes, there's work happening already for a visual refresh of the site,
including making the whole thing much more responsive to size changes.
See:

  https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/pull/1179

which shows the work-in-progress, but has stalled a bit lately.

-Peff

Re: Page content is wider than view window

[Brady Trainor]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Yes, there's work happening already for a visual refresh of the site,
> [...]
>
> -Peff

Awesome! Looking forward to it!

-- 
Brady