The contents box seems to cause endless problems with article layout, particularly when combined with an infobox[1], or when the intro section is short compared to the number of sections in the article.[2] The result always seems to be a huge white space between the intro and the rest of the article.
Would it be possible to have the contents box appear in the side panel of the GUI, perhaps above the toolbox? This could either be a per-article setting or perhaps site-wide.
Steve
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
It would help if we could restrict the depth of the TOC for a given article using a magic word.
On 2/21/07, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
It would help if we could restrict the depth of the TOC for a given article using a magic word.
Yeah, I have a feeling I or someone else has requested that before. Other possibilities:
- Make the TOC hideable - Make the TOC take less space by default (smaller font for example) - Make the TOC a little box with scrollbars
Steve
On 2/20/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
The contents box seems to cause endless problems with article layout, particularly when combined with an infobox[1], or when the intro section is short compared to the number of sections in the article.[2] The result always seems to be a huge white space between the intro and the rest of the article.
Would it be possible to have the contents box appear in the side panel of the GUI, perhaps above the toolbox? This could either be a per-article setting or perhaps site-wide.
Could equally be considered the fault of stupidly long map containing self side-stacking infoboxes.
Consider this monstrocity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
It's problems have nothing to do with the toc....
It was even worse before someone just replaced the map in the info box.
Would be nice if the toc could be made multiple columns wide....
On 2/21/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
Consider this monstrocity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
It's problems have nothing to do with the toc....
What's actually wrong with that? It's one of the smaller infoboxes I've seen. Look up countries or cities. I'm sure I've seen some two pages long.
Would be nice if the toc could be made multiple columns wide....
Yeah, not a bad thought, especially if combined with only showing the top level. Or how about a nested expandable tree, like:
1. Section 1 + 2. Section 2 + ...
Where clicking the +'s expands the next layer.
Steve
This strikes a chord with me. Table of contents seems like metadata which should be part of the interface rather than part of the article. It seems odd that it's included with action=render in the article and not in the sidebar areas handled by the skin.
Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
On 2/21/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/21/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
Consider this monstrocity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
It's problems have nothing to do with the toc....
What's actually wrong with that? It's one of the smaller infoboxes I've seen. Look up countries or cities. I'm sure I've seen some two pages long.
Would be nice if the toc could be made multiple columns wide....
Yeah, not a bad thought, especially if combined with only showing the top level. Or how about a nested expandable tree, like:
- Section 1 +
- Section 2 +
...
Where clicking the +'s expands the next layer.
Steve
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Steve Bennett wrote:
The contents box seems to cause endless problems with article layout, particularly when combined with an infobox[1], or when the intro section is short compared to the number of sections in the article.[2] The result always seems to be a huge white space between the intro and the rest of the article.
I don't really see a problem with that. Whitespace can often make something easier to read, especially where the alternative is to confuse the eye with lots of clutter.
Then again, maybe the TOC should be slightly smaller font and layed-out in two columns (like some References/Footnotes sections are)?
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