Re: Horizontal scrollbar in email archives

On 1/8/21 12:50 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:39:31PM -0500, Jonathan Katz wrote:
>> On 1/8/21 11:31 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I see an odd horizontal scrollbar when viewing the email archives in
>>> Firefox 84.0.2. Specifically it happens when I am on a 'message id'
>>> link:
>>>
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210108155040.GC18394%40momjian.us
>>>
>>> Screenshot attached, with orange scrollbar. I think it is related to
>>> the new 'thread' drop-down list. If I choose "Whole thread", it
>>> disappears, and so does the thread drop-down list.
>>
>> Yeah, that's a constraint based on how a "select" dropdown works and how
>> we list out the subthreads within threads.
>>
>> If we don't indent on each subthread, we could correct that, but does
>> that diminish the overall user experience?
>
> Oh, so it is a known issue. Seems fine, though it is kind of odd that
> the dropdown doesn't really need all that width. So, I guess you are
> saying the scroll is really based on how much indenting we do --- makes
> sense.

Hm, so I modify my previous statement slightly now that I actually
clicked the URL.

The issue in this case is the long CC row and the fact that the contents
are in a table. Loosely speaking, the max width of a row in a table is
going to set the width of every other row. I may be able to do something
here, actually.

The comment about the "select" is still true, but it doesn't affect this
case (and prevents me from what I think would be a witty reply to "keep
email chains shorter" ;)

I'll experiment a bit and see if I can make this a bit better.

Thanks,

Jonathan