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Re: All subject type fields fixed at width 80....

dummy@example.com (fertilepress) — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:26:58 +0000

Using the CSS changes, I've been able to correct this for most forms. The only one I can't figure out is the subject line for forum email.

Has anyone been able to adjust this successfully?

Thanks!

renee

Re: All subject type fields fixed at width 80....

dummy@example.com (Casemon) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:42:55 +0000

Adding, we're already seeing extensions that follow the same suit...

For example: the PM extension also has hardcoded field widths at 80.

So yes, probably better to address this now and put such width into some known .css markup, as Downliner suggests, while v1.3 is still fresh & there exists few extensions.

Re: All subject type fields fixed at width 80....

dummy@example.com (downliner) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:39:40 +0000

I was going to ask the exact same question, when making a narrow skin I found drop downs and input boxes would always overflow.

I just added the following to my CSS:

#brd-postedit #fld1,
#brd-postedit #fld2,
#brd-postedit div.longtext #fld3,
#brd-post #fld1,
#brd-post #fld2,
#brd-post div.longtext #fld3 { width:90%; }

It seemed to do the trick in IE6/FF3 for users and guests making posts though obviously doesn't account for other pages that may have input fields.

Anyone from the devteam care to explain why input boxes have size="80" hardcoded into pages such as post.php and edit.php? Not questioning your judgement, just found it odd that everything else is done through CSS but not input fields/dropdowns.

All subject type fields fixed at width 80....

dummy@example.com (Casemon) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:24:22 +0000

This makes integration a bit of pain; forces users to manually edit many files. Post, Admin, Settings, etc.

Is there a better way to do this? Maybe not hardcode a width at all?