https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28388
--- Comment #5 from Purodha Blissenbach <[email protected]> 2011-04-02 19:32:00 UTC --- I do not necessarily suggest "inconstency" within a subsection though there may be exceptions. I don not mind aligning similar things in an input form in columns, but I sincerly doubt that aligning things across multiple pages (at least as appearance to the majority using JavaScripts is concerned) is of any value to users, I even doubt that large block of similar data need a common alignment when the outcome is awkward to read. In print, tabular data bearing no relationship, be it contextual or formal or layoutwise, end and restart at section headings. So we would not do anything bad or unusual, if we layouted our preferences page accordingly. There is even a way to combine the two worlds. Good prints use implicit tabulator stops for their series of sections of tabular data, when possible. With PHP and HTML, it is possible to weigh the approximate maximum widths of columns within each section, and relate them to each other, finally distributing colspans accordingly. So, we have a constant layout per section with some flexibility between sections and a common grid for them all. This would at least eliminate "holes" (large white square blocks). It may well suffice to fix this issue and related ones. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
