Widen description field under 'Gallery Settings'

youngturk

I've searched for an answer with no results so I created a new thread.

Many of my galleries have extensive text and links in the gallery descriptions. The new Smugmug description field is even smaller and narrower than what we had in the previous version. If I am in a gallery and then go to Customize > Gallery Settings, is it possible to expand/widen and enlarge the description field? There is so much unused space on the entire screen, why do we have to be limited to such a small area on the screen to enter a description? I am hoping someone has figured out a way to make it easier to enter text into the gallery description field by making the description entry field larger.

Allen

Try this in "all galleries" CSS.

.sm-gallery-description {
width: 90%}

The biggest problem is all the buttons that Smug adds at the right end. With the Buy button and slideshow
taking up so much room. I leave the Buy button but turn off the slideshow button. 90% works for me.

youngturk

Allen wrote: »

Try this in "all galleries" CSS.

.sm-gallery-description {
width: 90%}

The biggest problem is all the buttons that Smug adds at the right end. With the Buy button and slideshow
taking up so much room. I leave the Buy button but turn off the slideshow button. 90% works for me.

Hi Allen,

I don't think I follow what you are saying. I applied what you said but it made no difference. I don't understand what the Buy button or Slideshow button have to do with the Gallery Setting dialog box that has popped open on the screen showing the text entry field for description.

Allen

This has nothing to do with the gallery settings. In any gallery go into Customize > Content and Design
In the right flyout highlight "all galleries" on the top right. Anything you do with that highlighted will affect all galleries.

Scroll/look down in the flyout and under the heading "ON ALL GALLERIES" look for "CSS".
Hover it and out on the page a blue bar should highlight with a title of ON "ALL GALLERIES".
Usually at the top or bottom of the page.
This would be where you add CSS that affects all galleries. Click the wrench and add the CSS in the box.

youngturk

Allen, I am sorry to say I don't understand what you are saying. I am not talking about the size (width and height) of description that appears in the actual gallery. As I said in my first post, I am talking about the size (width and height) of the actual text entry field when I go to Customize > Gallery Settings in any particular gallery. This is a temporary pop-up screen that allows users to adjust gallery settings AND enter text in a field which will eventually show up in the gallery description. This text entry field is titled, 'Description', it is literally two lines high and maybe 40 characters wide, it is located below the field named 'Title' and above the field named, 'Meta Keywords'. Perhaps I am wrong, but isn't this the only way to enter text into the description field for any gallery? If there is an easier way, please let me know. But if there is no other way or place to enter actual text into the description field for a particular gallery, I am asking if there is any way this text entry field could be widened so that it is easier to type text.

rainforest1155

If you look at the bottom right of the field, you should see a triangle icon that you can hold your mouse over, click+hold and then expand the field by moving the mouse down. When holding your mouse over the icon, the cursor should change letting you know that you may adjust the field size. See my screenshot of the triangle icon highlighted and the way my mouse cursor looks:


In case you're not seeing the triangle icon, which browser version are you using? I'm using the latest Firefox.

denisegoldberg

rainforest1155 wrote: »

In case you're not seeing the triangle icon, which browser version are you using? I'm using the latest Firefox.

That triangle icon is missing in the Edge browser. It works for me in Chrome and Firefox though.

Even with the expand available in other browsers, only the height is expanded.

For the most part I now write my descriptions in a text editor (like Notepad++) and then copy and paste into the description. The ability to expand the description data entry box to a reasonable size in both height and width is needed for all browsers.

This was requested on August 5, 2013 in the thread Make Gallery Description Box stretch wide, as well as down and is also in the smugmug feedback forum at http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/4341313-make-gallery-description-box-strech-wide-as-well-.

--- Denise

youngturk

rainforest1155 wrote: »

If you look at the bottom right of the field, you should see a triangle icon that you can hold your mouse over, click+hold and then expand the field by moving the mouse down. When holding your mouse over the icon, the cursor should change letting you know that you may adjust the field size. See my screenshot of the triangle icon highlighted and the way my mouse cursor looks:


In case you're not seeing the triangle icon, which browser version are you using? I'm using the latest Firefox.

Thank you, thank you! I had seen that triangle but it didn't do anything when I tried it previously. That's because I was trying to stretch it wide. But it stretches down! I use Chrome.

youngturk

denisegoldberg wrote: »

That triangle icon is missing in the Edge browser. It works for me in Chrome and Firefox though.

Even with the expand available in other browsers, only the height is expanded.

For the most part I now write my descriptions in a text editor (like Notepad++) and then copy and paste into the description. The ability to expand the description data entry box to a reasonable size in both height and width is needed for all browsers.

This was requested on August 5, 2013 in the thread Make Gallery Description Box stretch wide, as well as down and is also in the smugmug feedback forum at http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/4341313-make-gallery-description-box-strech-wide-as-well-.

--- Denise

I have left comments in the request thread you linked to above. It's a pity that we can't edit the CONTENT of the gallery descriptions in the Customize > Content and Design screen. That would be the best solution, don't you think?

I also left feedback and voted in the feedback thread you linked to above.

ChancyRat

youngturk wrote: »

I have left comments in the request thread you linked to above. It's a pity that we can't edit the CONTENT of the gallery descriptions in the Customize > Content and Design screen. That would be the best solution, don't you think?

I also left feedback and voted in the feedback thread you linked to above.

Since the location of the gallery description is, I think, part of the legacy code, and SM continues to advocate for replacing most if not all legacy code, my guess is that at some point this field, or where and how description is structured, will change.