On 8/30/13, Adam Cuerden cuerden@gmail.com wrote:
Here's a screenshot
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Problematic_behaviour_in_gallery_mod...
I do love the packed mode overall, but I need some way to make the heights consistent.
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Adam Cuerden cuerden@gmail.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_of_Pook%27s_Hill#Original_illustrations
The last line (at most widths) is much taller than the others, which is aesthetically ugly.
I honestly cannot think of any case where having the lines be different heights would be preferable. I could see not using the full width available to even out multiple lines, but not making one line much larger.
This mode is meant to replace the old mode, but such unaesthetic behaviour would make this impractical.
-Adam
The different heights are to even out the lines so they all have the same width. The last line gets abnormally big, as there's usually not as many images in the last line. This was discussed quite a bit on the COM:VP thread. The short version is the behaviour is going to change the next time Wikimedia sites get updated ( Tuesday, September 3, 2013 for commons, Thursday, September 5, 2013 for wikipedia).
Thanks, Brian.