[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26074: Number of columns for dashboard widgets

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#26074: Number of columns for dashboard widgets
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  ui-focus has-patch
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 Background: #25824

 My screen resolution is 1440x900. Since [26144], it's no longer possible
 to place dashboard widgets in two columns.

 See the screenshots:
 * By default, there's an empty space on the right:
 [attachment:26073.dashboard.3-columns.default.png].
 * Three columns seem fine, but with longer words in comment action links,
 five one-line comments easily take the whole screen, and I have to scroll
 down to view them all:
 [attachment:26073.dashboard.3-columns.comments.png].
 * If I rearrange the widgets, I still have to scroll, and there's a lot of
 empty space: [attachment:26073.dashboard.3-columns.png].
 * With two columns, however, I don't have to scroll, and the layout is
 much better: [attachment:26073.dashboard.2-columns.png].


 I'd suggest bumping the limit for switching to 3 columns to 1500px.

 On a related note, network admin still has the "Number of Columns"
 selector, but it doesn't work as expected:
 * "1 column" displays two columns with an empty space on the right:
 [attachment:26073.network-admin.1-column.png].
 * "2 columns" displays two columns with an empty space in the middle:
 [attachment:26073.network-admin.2-columns.png].
 * "3 columns" appears to work as expected: [attachment:26073.network-
 admin.3-columns.png].
 * "4 columns" displays three columns: [attachment:26073.network-
 admin.4-columns.png].

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