Line wrapping of LQ content in IExplorer
 

Yes, I know this is a Linux site but I wouldn't even know where else to ask ... ;)

I come here frequently with IExplorer 6.0 SP1 since my employer has a Win-only infrastructure (no chance for firefox). When I look at threads here sometimes the lines are not wrapped and horizontal scrolling gets to be a real pain like e.g. in this thread here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=506114.

I noticed it happens most often with "code" or "quote" boxes with long lines in them.

Question: Is there any way to get IExplorer to wrap, i.e. does anybody happen to know where I should change the defaults in this *#@! box here?

Thanks in advance (I want Konqueror on Win ;)).

This isn't a solution to the question exactly, but it's a work-around. You can install firefox portable (http://portableapps.com/apps) on a USB stick (and I presume anywhere on the hard drive). That way, you can use firefox, which doesn't seem to suffer as badly.

Thanks, but no, I can't. My USB ports are blocked and I can't start non system installed programms :(.

Thanks for the link though :).

wow, they've really locked you down! sorry :(

Well, on the other hand we had no viruses etc over the last 7 years in a corporate net with ~1000 users, so I can understand the reason of the admins but it floors me cold on this issue :(.

Any IExplorer experts?

It happens in Firefox too. Atleast in mine but its manageable. I had to scroll horizontally in the thread you gave. I think it is concerned more with the QUOTE and CODE properties.

Sorry to hear no Firefox for you. Pff.. slaves i tells ya, all slaves of MS.

I have moved this to LQ Suggestions and Feedback as it is a question about the site.

That link does not scroll for me in firefox - what version are you using? As for IE, there have been a couple layout issues that we've attempted to address to no avail. I don't recall specifically if this was one of them.

--jeremy

I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.8. I didn't mean the entire page of the link, only the post #8 scrolls horizontally and vertically.

Hoy, I could test pwc101's link by now, that version of firefox (2.0) wraps my link (LQ-thread) correctly. Now for an installation on my box at work ... :(

Konqueror also fails to wrap long lines in code boxes and widens the whole page to accommodate, apparently without limit. Can't find any option to change this behaviour. I guess preformatted means what it says.

Firefox (2.0.0.4) wraps OK.

I have seen at least one forum where the admins break up long lines to avoid this. For example www.whirlpool.net.au breaks long code lines, leaving a trailing hyphen as continuation character. This can be a nuisance as the code then does not cut and paste correctly. But if most visitors use IE it seems like a reasonable thing to do.

Luckily at LQ, most visitors don't use IE ;) The next code update will clean some of the output and CSS up a bit. If things aren't better at that point, we'll address it. Thanks again for the feedback.

--jeremy

Is it likely this will fix the same problem in Konqueror?

It may. If it doesn't we'll address that as a separate issue.

--jeremy