"Wide" messages
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"Wide" messages
Why do some of the messages cover such a wide space on the screen that I cannot read them without moving the entire section over at the end of each line? It doesn't happen on all. Is there something I can do from my end to remedy it? Thanks.
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There is nothing you can do about it. As I understand it, that happens when someone has a post with a very long word in it that runs longer than about 35 characters. The website will naturally break lines at spaces (blanks) when they can, but won't break up one long single "word".
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Usually, that "word" is a website someone posts on the thread. The system treats the web address as one "word" and extends the margin on the thread to accommodate it. When I post long links, I try to break it up into 2 or 3 lines.
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A few of the responses above were about long thread titles - but I think the OP was asking about text that spreads out (Like in Barb's famous trip report)
So just to claify -
- titles w/ no breaks over approx 32 characters will screw up the thread list window (like in Voyager's example)
- and very long url's screw up the text/messages w/i a thread. Unfortunately - most people who post those super long url's know better, but by the time they post it it is too late to fix.
So just to claify -
- titles w/ no breaks over approx 32 characters will screw up the thread list window (like in Voyager's example)
- and very long url's screw up the text/messages w/i a thread. Unfortunately - most people who post those super long url's know better, but by the time they post it it is too late to fix.