Tiddler width / Sidebar width (Theme Tweaks)

[S. S.]

The below relates to settings in the: Control Panel >> Appearance >> Theme Tweaks

It is interesting that an empty.html has a "Fixed story, fluid sidebar" while tiddlywiki.com uses a "Fluid story, fixed sidebar"
Though this post is not about that anomaly, I hope someone will take it up at some point.


I remember that this was very confusing for me as a beginner. I tried in vain to change the Story right, Story width, Tiddler width, & Sidebar breakpoint, in vain, wondering why I was stupid. It never occurred to me I had to change the Sidebar layout from "Fixed story, fluid sidebar" to "Fluid story, fixed sidebar" !!

It took me over 6 months before I figured out how to mimic the behaviour of the TiddlyWiki on tiddlywiki.com - which I believe is a much more standard layout - a small area for navigating and a big area for viewing/editing.

Because of the confusion I faced as a beginner, as part of the TiddlyWiki for Beginners series I am working on trying to make the below tiddler on tiddlywiki.com a little clearer.

How to widen tiddlers (aka storyriver)

The last line of the tiddler says:

You will also probably want to change the sidebar breakpoint to something larger than the story river, unless you don't mind the sidebar floating to the top of the page.

If I am not mistaken, the actual behaviour is:

You will want to ensure the sidebar breakpoint is smaller than the screen width ( {{$:/info/browser/screen/width}} px ), unless you don't mind the sidebar floating to the top of the page.

Here are some of my other observations:

With a: Fixed Story, fluid sidebar

The Story right should be larger than the Story width or else you will not be able to click on any sidebar areas on its left side that overlap the area given to the Story width.

The Tiddler width should be less than the Story Right or else Tiddlers will overlap and cover the sidebar.

Does anyone have any other tips for beginners for Tiddler Width / Sidebar Width setup?

Thanks!

[Adrian Holbrook]

I tried to tweak the width of the Story river and ended up not being able to click on the controls to the right hand side. Is there a simple explanation anywhere of how to make the Story River wider aso that I can make more use of the screen?

Regards

Adrian

[Mat]

Did you try ctrlpanel > appearance > theme tweaks --- Fluid story/Fixed sidebar ?

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