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Re: Want to chat with inaccessible people? Pay them, not Facebook

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post #47

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Why does the horizontal scrolling exist?

Because pre { overflow: auto; padding: 2px; max-width:600px; } If you want to override it, you can use a user stylesheet, userscript or the like.

I meant more like - is it intended to be there? I don't see any benefit from having it.

Re: Want to chat with inaccessible people? Pay them, not Facebook

#52
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because pre { overflow: auto; padding: 2px; max-width:600px; } If you want to override it, you can use a user stylesheet, userscript or the like.

I meant more like - is it intended to be there? I don't see any benefit from having it.

It prevents someone from breaking the site's layout with super-wide lines of preformatted text.
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