manpage format too wide

Bug #655750 reported by Ted Bodfish
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Canonical ISD web
New
Low
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Obsolete project please ignore
New
Undecided
Unassigned
Ubuntu Manpage Repository
Won't Fix
Undecided
Stuart Metcalfe
ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

After adjusting to the new manpage format on the web, I am pleased. The format is much cleaner and easier to read - bravo! My enthusiasm is tempered by two issues:

1. The header and footer displays are much wider than the content. It would be nice to be able to adjust the width of the browser window as narrow as possible without showing the horizontal scroll bar and still see the content of the page as well as the header and footer. Currently, when the browser window is adjusted to the width of the content, the ubuntu logos and, more importantly, the search box scroll off the window to the right.

2. The table of contents strip on the left disappears after a refresh.

Ted Bodfish
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Hi Stuart,

Could you take a look at this bug? Thanks.

affects: ubuntu-website → ubuntu-manpage-repository
Changed in ubuntu-manpage-repository:
assignee: nobody → Stuart Metcalfe (stuartmetcalfe)
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Stuart Metcalfe (stuartmetcalfe) wrote :

We can probably take a look at #2. I'm going to bounce #1 over to the design team.

Changed in canonical-isd-web:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Stuart Metcalfe (stuartmetcalfe) wrote :

@Ted: I can't reproduce the issue you've described in #2 in either Chrome or Firefox on Maverick. Can you tell us which specific URL this happens on and which browser/Ubuntu version you're using?

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Ted Bodfish (tedbs) wrote : RE: [Bug 655750] Re: manpage format too wide

I've experienced this in FireFox on both Lucid (have not tried Maverick yet) and Windows, and in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome on Windows.

Try http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/ls.1.html and narrow it down so just the body of the man page and table of contents strip are visible. The search text box and search button will disappear. Hit refresh, and the table of contents strip will disappear. If you widen the page again and hit refresh, the table of contents reappears.

I'd like to be able to narrow my browser window so that it just fits the content of the man page, including the table of contents, and see the search text box and button with no horizontal scroll bar.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Stuart Metcalfe
Sent: November-30-10 7:05 PM
To: tedbs
Subject: [Bug 655750] Re: manpage format too wide

@Ted: I can't reproduce the issue you've described in #2 in either
Chrome or Firefox on Maverick. Can you tell us which specific URL this
happens on and which browser/Ubuntu version you're using?

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Status in Canonical Design: New
Status in ISD web (organisational project): New
Status in Ubuntu Manpage Repository: New
Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

After adjusting to the new manpage format on the web, I am pleased. The format is much cleaner and easier to read - bravo! My enthusiasm is tempered by two issues:

1. The header and footer displays are much wider than the content. It would be nice to be able to adjust the width of the browser window as narrow as possible without showing the horizontal scroll bar and still see the content of the page as well as the header and footer. Currently, when the browser window is adjusted to the width of the content, the ubuntu logos and, more importantly, the search box scroll off the window to the right.

2. The table of contents strip on the left disappears after a refresh.

Ted Bodfish
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David Britton (dpb) wrote :

I'm sure there are many rendering problems with the page, but as the site is fully redesigned now, it doesn't make sense to hold open this bug about the old footers and headers. Raise a new issue if needed. Thanks!

:)

Changed in ubuntu-manpage-repository:
status: New → Won't Fix
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