Re: alpha.php.net - menu tweak

On 2011-07-29, at 3:35 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > Hi. > > The 960px fixed width layout causes the Installation and Configuration > entry on the mega menu to be below Getting Started, Language > Reference, Security, Features and Function Reference. > > So much so, it may well be beneath the fold for any user on a display > with a shorter than my 1080. Installation and Configuration really > needs to be up front and personal. > > The layout used to have it on the right hand side. Still not ideal, > but at least it was onscreen. > > Changing the #mega-drop-down div.children-1 {width: 960px;} to 1010px > (using 1px increments to see when things would pop-up) allows the mega > menu to show all on screen in a 1010x652. So, a 1024x768 display looks > fine. > > At 960px, the mega menu is 963px tall and on a 1024x768 display, you > can only see the Installation and Configuration option if you go 100% > full screen with no systray and no browser chrome. > > > I know the received wisdom is fixed 960px layout, but the CSS gurus > here must be able to do some magic to make things a little more fluid. I'm sure we can get those links back on the right. The current presentation is definitely a bug. As for making things more fluid, I don't know of a good way. There are specifically four columns of links and that is dictated by the markup, not the css. Stew