Add New Post screen stuck as 1 column

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  kelworthfiles · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 9:33 pm

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  Ahh, okay, thanks. Is ‘Flag for staff attention’ on the forums another paid member perk?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 9:42 pm

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  No. There are no perks that I’m aware of. I pay for specific upgrades for my blogs and I get what I paid for ie. the upgrades and support for them.

  Re: modlook tag

  If you would like to bring anything to the attention of the moderators or staff, please simply add the “modlook” tag followed by a second tag with your reason. For example, “modlook, spammer [username]” https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-forums-code-of-conduct?replies=1

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 30, 2012 at 10:42 pm

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  I am unable to reproduce the issue myself. Are you still having trouble?

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  kelworthfiles · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 10:57 pm

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  Hello macmanx.

  I am still having trouble. You need to have your browser window at 1024 pixels wide or less to see the issue in firefox – I can resize my browser back and forth and see the 2-column layout (and the option to control it) appear and disappear:

  http://kelworthfiles.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/1columnonly.png
  http://kelworthfiles.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2columnpoption.png

  Is this intended behaviour? The workaround of changing to a higher screen resolution is inconvenient at best and impossible on netbooks.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 10:59 pm

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  staff-blorbo
  Please, please go into my blog and click “add new” or click any comment in the Dashboard panel.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  I am using Firefox 11 on windows xp
  screen resolution 1024 x 768 and I’m locked into one-column on both blogs :(
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com
  http://thistimethisspace.com

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:06 pm

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  I expect the 2-column layout requires 1024px wide to work correctly and that is why it disappears when you narrow your browser window to less than that. 1024px has been sort of the minimum width design in the dashboard for quite some time – at least from my experience.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:07 pm

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  Ah, this is intentional. kelworthfiles, thanks for the tip on the screen size.

  This is part of some upcoming responsive design changes to the Dashboard in WordPress 3.4. When the window size is less than optimal width for a decent-sized post editor with sidebar (1024px specifically), it will switch to one column.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm

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  @thesacredpath
  I am not narrowing anything. :(

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:09 pm

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  timethief, yet even with a screen resolution of 1024, the browser window itself takes up some space, meaning it’s less than 1024 unless you use a full screen view.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:10 pm

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  @macmancx
  My scree resolution is set at 1024 x 768 so why is this happening then.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:12 pm

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  Yes, even with a screen resolution of 1024, the browser window itself takes up some space, meaning it’s less than 1024 unless you use a full screen view.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:22 pm

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  staff-blorbo
  I am visually challenged and this is creating an accessibility issue for me. Is there something I can do to get back the sidebar or not so I don’t have the scroll, down to the module and refocus, scroll down to the next module and refocus to cope with.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:31 pm

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  Sorry, not at this time. This is part of core WordPress, so you might want to raise some concerns on http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20015

  They are very responsive (no pun intended) on accessibility issues.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:33 pm

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  Update: I changed my screen resolution to 1088 x 612 and I now have two columns again – thank gob!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:36 pm

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  No thank you. I will not be contacting that site.

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  kelworthfiles · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:52 pm

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  Thanks for your assistance, macmanx.

  Even though I can’t say with a straight face that it’s an ‘accessibility issue’, (except in the wishy-washy way that all software interface preferences are a question of accessibility,) I have signed up for a wordpress.org forums account specifically to add my comments to that ‘enhancement’ on trac.

  As currently implemented, this is a bad change for wordpress and a step down, not up. WordPress is great because of the choices it gives you, and I don’t want to have the choice to work in a two-column layout removed because somebody at wordpress.org thought that my monitor doesn’t have ‘optimal width for a post editor.’ It has enough width for a post editor that I can work in!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:55 pm

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  I have signed up for a wordpress.org forums account specifically to add my comments to that ‘enhancement’ on trac.

  I have done that on a previous issue only to find all my comments went to spam.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 11:56 pm

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  P.S. You will not know if your comments are in the spam filter unless you log-out and view the thread.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 31, 2012 at 12:03 am

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  Comments don’t go to spam on the core Trac. It’s a separate system from the support forums.