Talk:Tech/News/2022/47

Question about “toggle”

Does anyone know what the “toggle” is or how the user should interact with it? I scanned the ticket a bit and it looks like an icon, but I don’t see it even if I enable Vector 2022 (perhaps because my screen is narrow, but does that mean the toggle will only show on wide screens?). But the news item says it’s a “preference” so I checked my Preferences screen but I don’t see anything that obviously corresponds to increasing “screen width” (which I suspect means “the width of the measure” [typographic technical term which means typeset line, similar to the CSS concept of text block]) unless it is the “Enable limited width mode” checkbox? Thanks. Al12si (talk) 20:02, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

+1. IKhitron (talk) 20:48, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@Al12si, @IKhitron - thanks for the question. You're correct - there are two ways to enable the full width - the toggle and the preference. These are synced with one another (for example, if you use the toggle, the preference also updates). To find the preference, go to the Appearance section of the preferences page, then scroll down to Skin Preferences. You will see a checkbox that says "Enable limited width mode" (the default here is the enabled state). Uncheck the box to disable the limited width.

The second way to turn off the limited with is with the toggle (which was enabled this week). The toggle appears in the bottom right corner of the page. Currently, the toggle only appears on screens wider than 1600px. This is so that it doesn't overlap with the content on special pages, which are already shown at full width. Let me know if that makes sense or if you have further questions. Thanks! OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 22:02, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Doesn't appear with 1920. IKhitron (talk) 22:06, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

I've bumped the entry to the following week, so they have time to investigate. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 22:52, 18 November 2022 (UTC)