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[Benn Oshrin <>]

I'd say the sidebar should be roughly the width of one button (whatever 
that is), and the main content should be the width of the current page 
minus the width of the sidebar.

-Benn-

On 4/16/13 12:35 AM, Marie Huynh wrote:
> Right sidebars are typically "fixed" by restricting everything to its
> left to a fixed width, and then having everything "float:left" to stack
> against the elements on the left.  How wide do you want the main content
> to be?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Benn Oshrin 
> <
> <mailto:>>
>  wrote:
>
>     On 4/15/13 6:32 PM, Marie Huynh wrote:
>
>         https://bugs.internet2.edu/__jira/browse/CO-587
>         <https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/CO-587>
>
>         The problem here is not the rendering of the sidebar, which does
>         have a
>         min-width.  The problem lies in the extreme variable width of main
>         content, which forces the sidebar out of its intended place, no
>         matter
>         its width.
>
>
>     Yeah, sorry, the ticket should have said "is not fixed in position".
>
>
>         Is there a reason why the main content of pages like edit
>         for enrollment flows can't be restricted at all?  It's just
>         text, which
>         can be wrapped.
>
>
>     No, though it seems to make sense to fix the position of the sidebar
>     and let the main content adjust to the remainder of the width of the
>     page. Or some equivalent.
>
>     -Benn-