[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26159: Theme screenshots are being cut off in the theme selection screen in 3.8

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#26159: Theme screenshots are being cut off in the theme selection screen in 3.8
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 Reporter:  silencerius  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Themes       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by matveb):

 Just to be clear, at this stage we are not proposing a change in ratio to
 the guidelines. At most, we would display themes at 1.5/1 on the grid
 design, and the full 4/3 on the detail view.

 Now, we do need to bump the size a bit to avoid blurriness. 450px seems
 like it would cover our scenarios and media query break points pretty
 well, without going overboard. It can also be lower: between 420 and 450
 covers our uses very well. (Keeping retina in mind, that's 840-900 we are
 talking about.)

 Themes with old-retina sizes will be fine for the most part, except they
 will look blurry in some cases — specially if they weren't retina before.
 There's not much we can do about that except perhaps show the native
 resolution with black bars surrounding it, which I don't think is worthy
 nor very elegant.

 I want to start doing this with virtually zero impact to themes, at least
 until we tackle install. This should be absolutely compatible with old
 screenshots while allowing those who want to take the full benefit of the
 new UI.

 I don't think we need to revert the truncated display on the grid view. We
 will be displaying the full screenshot on the detailed view, and the
 cropping will be done on our side, just presentational.

 So, what we need to discuss is the width limit — what do you think about
 the 450px width (900 hi-dpi)?

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