[Tickets #4573] Alternate Portal Layout

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Ticket URL: https://dev.horde.org/horde/whups/ticket/?id=4573
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 Ticket             | 4573
 Created By         | Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
 Summary            | Alternate Portal Layout
 Queue              | Horde Base
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | Accepted
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Owners             | 
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Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> (2006-10-28 11:17) wrote:

It's all much easier and more flexible if we get rid of the requirement to
allow blocks to be extra-wide. Just having x (still configurable) columns,
with blocks stacked on each other one over the other, makes it much easier
to drag them around and determine a sort order (instead of the current
grid). Also means you don't have to play with the length of your task list
to avoid wasting space.

Basically, instead of the current grid:

    a | c
    a |
    a |
    - | -
    b | d

Here, "c" has a lot of extra space and "d" is too far down because it has
to clear "a" as well. I'd propose:

    a | c
    a | -
    a | d
    - | -
    b | e

It also happens to simplify the code a lot, of course, but that's not the
main reason to do it. The only real bummer with this change that I can
think of is comics - but I'd just have one extra-wide column in my portal
to accomodate that; I personally don't think it's worth it just for that.