Re: [PATCH] docs: custom.css: don't limit randering to old 800px monitors
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Jul 10 2026 - 11:33:52 EST
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Right now, base.css style imposes a maximum limit of 800 horizontal
> pixels to be compatible with very old SVGA monitors.
>
> Remove such artificial limit, letting the output to be adjusted to
> the browser windows size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/sphinx-static/custom.css | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx-static/custom.css b/Documentation/sphinx-static/custom.css
> index 5aa0a1ed9864..1055db7dc1dd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sphinx-static/custom.css
> +++ b/Documentation/sphinx-static/custom.css
> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
> * CSS tweaks for the Alabaster theme
> */
>
> +div.body { max-width: none; }
> +
800px is clearly a dumb limit, I have no problem changing that. Going
to arbitrary width doesn't seem good for readability, though. What do
you think about, instead, setting a limit in a resolution-independent
say, to (say) 60em?
Thanks,
jon