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[Design input needed] Vertical padding is too big for 1280 pixel wide displays
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Description

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

  • Use your less-than-Full-HD monitor
  • Enable Vector 2022
  • Open any page

What happens?:

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Vertical padding is too big for such a scarce space.

What should have happened instead?:
The vertical padding should be adaptive to the screen size and minimal for smaller displays. Or there should be an option of enabling "compact view" (means, padding should be minimal everywhere).

Event Timeline

Tablet users are also involved. Many edit using tablets, many prefer "real desktop" UI instead of "mobile UI" while using a tablet.

As some source shows, in Russia the share of 1280px-wide and narrower displays is about 45% of all. So the UX for small monitors with Vector 2022 affects a very significant part of viewers.

Jdlrobson renamed this task from Vertical padding is too big for 1280 pixel wide displays to [Design input needed] Vertical padding is too big for 1280 pixel wide displays.Feb 8 2024, 5:58 PM
Jdlrobson assigned this task to JScherer-WMF.

The Vector 2022 was implemented a long time ago and is a default theme for years in many language versions of Wikipedia.
I wonder how this issue wasn't a problem before I posted it. Do the millions of affected users just silently suffer? Is it a sign that for the majority of users the feature of reporting an issue is a thing that's too complicated to be done?

JScherer-WMF changed the subtype of this task from "Bug Report" to "Design".Feb 22 2024, 5:29 PM

@Nikolay_Komarov Thanks for raising this issue! The width of the viewport that a reader is using typically doesn't scale the vertical padding between text sections. We will be making several tweaks to vertical padding and line height this sprint. See T357084. Thank you again!