This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Forcing resolution on web pages

  • 1 reply
  • 1 has this problem
  • 3 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

cysp
cysp
more options

I have a 30" screen running at full resolution. When I maximise firefox window and start browsing, some sites look fine, but some sites look horrible. Take google search for example. The search bar and other buttons use the entire width of the monitor, but the search results are restricted to the left 30% of the screen. Why the search results shouldn't be centered is beyond me: http://i.imgur.com/BsXqgpW.png. Another example is pretty much any online forum, particularly ones that use vBulletin. The user posts fit to the entire width of the monitor. How am I meant to read this?: http://i.imgur.com/xLIQeyY.png

Is there a way to make all the webpages perpetually think that the width of my monitor is smaller than it actually is and get the pages to centered on the screen? Does firefox have such a function?

I have a 30" screen running at full resolution. When I maximise firefox window and start browsing, some sites look fine, but some sites look horrible. Take google search for example. The search bar and other buttons use the entire width of the monitor, but the search results are restricted to the left 30% of the screen. Why the search results shouldn't be centered is beyond me: http://i.imgur.com/BsXqgpW.png. Another example is pretty much any online forum, particularly ones that use vBulletin. The user posts fit to the entire width of the monitor. How am I meant to read this?: http://i.imgur.com/xLIQeyY.png Is there a way to make all the webpages perpetually think that the width of my monitor is smaller than it actually is and get the pages to centered on the screen? Does firefox have such a function?

All Replies (1)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

There is not much that you can do about this as this is caused by the way a web page is coded.
If a page sets a specific width for a column then the text will stay within this container.
It the website uses a width:auto setting or doesn't specify a width then the full width of the current window can be used.

A possibility is to zoom that page automatically with an extension, but that will increase the font size and dimensions of other elements and probably looks a lot worse width such a wide screen like you have.
Otherwise you would have to use code in userContent.css or Stylish to modify the appearance of the page to remove the width restriction.