Editor is useless due to CSS "display: block; width: 100%;"
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	Yair_rand
	Jun 6 2016, 12:02 PM

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In the "Editing" section of Special:Preferences, under the "Editor" heading, there is a box labelled "Columns", by default set to 80. This setting determines the value of the "cols" attribute of the <textarea> element in the editing area. However, since textareas have CSS "display: block; width: 100%;", a change in the cols attribute has no impact.

I recommend removing the setting from the preferences screen.

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Yair_rand created this task.Jun 6 2016, 12:02 PM

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Aklapper renamed this task from Editor "columns" setting in preferences is useless to "Columns" setting for <textarea> in Preferences > Editing > Editor is useless due to CSS "display: block; width: 100%;".Jun 7 2016, 10:37 AM

Aklapper triaged this task as Low priority.

Peachey88 closed this task as a duplicate of T26430: Remove "cols" user preference from MediaWiki core.Jun 7 2016, 10:54 AM

"Columns" setting for <textarea> in Preferences > Editing > Editor is useless due to CSS "display: block; width: 100%;"Closed, DuplicatePublicActions

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"Columns" setting for <textarea> in Preferences > Editing > Editor is useless due to CSS "display: block; width: 100%;"
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