carlrx7 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Is there anyway to get the forum to stretch to the width of the screen? running my laptop at 1080P (1920x1080) there is a lot of waste real estate. Or at least make it a little wider? Chuckkilo3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I asked the same question, and the answer was yes, but has to be done by the people that produced the skin and its not free nor easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txab Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Needs to be done. Wasting too much space Chuckkilo3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Guys Please be patient we will get everything tweaked...... . Chuckkilo3 and BrianT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gone & Forgotten Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 yeah, that's alot of real estate lost on this 27" iMac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Same here, running 1920x1200 on my MBP and I have tons of wasted space as well. Most sites still cater to the 4:3 aspect ratio, few cater to the 16:9 aspect ratio One that drives me nuts is eBay, it's such a waste on my widescreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Just FYI, even if the forums did stretch out the entire width of the screen, the only beneficial place you would see this is in posts that are very text-heavy (multiple 10+ sentence paragraphs). As the majority of posts are often much shorter than that (or rather include many photos instead), horizontal stretching would gain absolutely 0 vertical space whatsoever. Below is a screenshot of the forum in its current state superimposed on what the forums would look like with the width attribute set to 1500 pixels (rather than the current 990). For reference, my resolution is 1680x1050. You will notice no difference in the scroll bar's length as everything would still line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlrx7 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 Forgot about photos, which we love to post up to show off our details, wider screen, more view able photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feets31 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Have you tried hitting Control + to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Forgot about photos, which we love to post up to show off our details, wider screen, more view able photo. If I have a 800-pixel-wide photo it is going to be 800 pixels regardless of how wide the forum layout is... Like I already said, the only place a wider forum would be better is in topics with walls of text. Images have fixed dimensions and aren't going to get larger by themselves with extra space. Besides, if someone posts an image that is really large, even though the forum will shrink it to fit the layout, you can click on it to have it pop up full size. A wider monitor is what will let you see more of the photo in that case, and not everybody has the same size monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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