[Tickets #6793] Re: sidebar_width

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/6793
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 Ticket             | 6793
 Updated By         | rsalmon at mbpgroup.com
 Summary            | sidebar_width
 Queue              | DIMP
 Version            | 1.0
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | Feedback
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Milestone          |
 Patch              |
 Owners             |
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rsalmon at mbpgroup.com (2008-06-05 03:58) wrote:

>>> - DIMP sidebar uses the global pref sidebar_width?
>>
>> DIMP's sidebar width is defined in CSS as opposed to Horde's sidebar
>> width which is the width of the frame.  It would require javascript
>> to dynamically change the size of the sidebar in DIMP.  Other devs:
>> do we want to use sidebar_width pref to do this?
>
> I like the simplicity of this being a CSS rule, but it probably makes
> sense to use the preference, for more consistency with the "normal"
> Horde layout, and more flexibility to users' demands.
I agree that some users will want to customize the width of their sidebar
which makes sense when they use long folder names and if the depth of their
folder tree is big, eg
folder a
+-- folder b
      +-- folder c
           +-- folder d
...

Is it possible to allow the frame to be resize dynamically: removing
noresize="noresize" ?

>>> - DIMP's sidebar auto increses its width (folders with long names or
>>> big tree) instead of having a horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of
>>> the sidebar ?
>>
>> #1 - there should be no horizontal scrollbar in the sidebar - if the
>> folder is too large, the excess should run off the end of the sideabr
>> (overflow: hidden in CSS terms)
There isn't an horizontal scrollbar in the sidebar. I probably was tired
when I check that. Sorry.

>> #2 - I don't think we should be expanding the sidebar.  I think a
>> tooltip/mouseover title for long mailbox names should suffice.
>
> And we would have to cut it off at some point anyway, otherwise users
> are going to kill their screen layout if they have very long folder
> names. A tooltip would great.
I don't think you should cut it off. If the user can't see the folder's
full name in the sidebar and the tooltip doesn't show the full name ether,
then is there a point in having a tooltip?

The mouseover thing sounds good, but will it work when doing drag&drop
emails?