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Empty horizontal space caused by math elements resulting in scrolling difficulty
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:

Empty horizontal space caused by math elements resulting in scrolling difficulty

What should have happened instead?:

I think, math elements should be rendered in their own horizontally scrollable area (see example attached below)

Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

6.9.3

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

wiki scroll 1.png (828×1,792 px, 252 KB)

Above shows problem

wiki scroll 2.png (828×1,792 px, 538 KB)

Above shows possible solution(?)

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Zm14 updated the task description. (Show Details)

We received this from one of our users through the iOS support email:

Unintended horizontal scroll on wide formulas or images
The page is difficult to prevent horizontal scroll when there is none needed when there is a long formula or image further down the page.
Version: WikipediaApp/7.2.2.2182 (iOS 16.5; Phone)

Seems like the same CSS fixes as T313498 might apply?

Still occurring on the article listed above, in the reaction rate section

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No longer occurs in the article linked in the description.
And in general, these kinds of cases can be resolved by editing the article so that math formulas can be individually scrollable. (e.g. by starting with a colon :)