Make Stylesheet Text Box Larger

[stormy]

Title:
Make Stylesheet Text Box Larger

Area:
styles

Summary:
http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/options?group=customcss

The custom style sheet box would be much easier to write complex css in if it was wider. It's aligned to match up to the checkbox and textarea above, but it just looks like it is wasting space. There are many times when I feel like having to wrap my CSS around on several lines makes it harder for me to work in that box when I want to adjust things.

Description:
(See Summary)

It'd be exponentially helpful if it was as wide as the area the textbox sits in.

Bonus Suggestion:
"Use embedded CSS
If you'd like to add custom CSS to this style, enter it here."

That phrase should probably be aligned to the top of that box so that it's not placed below the large text box.

Poll #4640 Make Stylesheet Text Box Larger

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 50

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Should be implemented as-is.
28 (56.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
10 (20.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (24.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

It fits just right in 800x600 but there seems to be some wasted space in bigger resolutions so if it could be made flexible that would be nice indeed.

[inarticulate]

+1

[susanreads]

+1

[kerravonsen]

+1

[kyrielle]

+1.

Also the bonus suggestion needs to be done or maybe the whole screen rethought - the way it displays in my (very large, very wide) computer desktop browser window, it looks like "Custom stylesheet URL " goes with the little box and "If you have a custom external stylesheet that you'd like to use, enter its URL here." goes with the big box and the text at the bottom...doesn't even catch my eye. Until I go looking for what goes with the big box because clearly that second sentence doesn't even though it's the closest thing to where a prompt normally would be!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyrielle/5052815591/ for anyone who's curious how it looks on my screen.

[matgb]

I hadn't actually noticed that before, and it does the same on my screen (1024*600 Gradation), with the explanation on the bottom of the area, so it does look at glance like the big box is for the custom URL.

It's actually worse on this screensize, I load the page, hit page down, the box is there, but the explanation of what it is is still below the fold. Fine for me, I know what it is (it's linked in my sidebar for a reason after all), but most others seeing it for the first time may make it very confused.

[faithofone]

If the size is set any bigger, it'll force a side scroll for me, and I *can't* make my window any larger. So I'm voting not enlarging it.

However if making it bigger was done via using a percentage of available space, then I'd approve of it. Just don't hard-code the size in em or px, and it won't overstretch windows.

[travelingmonkey]

That's the only way anything should ever be done. But yes, this. It should be made a percentage.

[owl]

This.

[twisted_times]

Seconded - this also.

[turlough]

+1

[yvi]

I doubt anyone here would do it that way.

[faithofone]

The way it is right now, it's got a rather high number of cols set, and no percentage override in CSS. If I was using the default font size I actually prefer, it would break the page. So it already has an issue due to hard set limits.

[matgb]

Prety sure the code for that page is inherited from when we forked from LJ and hasn't been changed. If it gets redone for here (which we hope it will), then whoever does it would pay attention to DW accessibility guidelines.

[faithofone]

Makes sense, LJ has really horrible accessibility issues.

[suncat]

This.

[timeasmymeasure]

It'd be exponentially helpful if it was as wide as the area the textbox sits in.
Definitely agree :)