Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:18:25 +0100 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: docs/144515: [handbook] Expand handbook Table of contents Message-ID: <52E140D1.5090809@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAB7-odk36PQawmUG=LyDu1wXcnSVqmxtT7n1AkFL4T19rC_=_Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <201401221442.s0MEgd2o082802@freefall.freebsd.org> <52E075F7.7020105@a1poweruser.com> <20140123020029.GE52955@glenbarber.us> <52E1053A.8000608@a1poweruser.com> <834FD10A-0519-42F1-B804-DCE7428A863F@FreeBSD.org> <CAB7-odngKOODXCtD2NsxzG-8v5y5TFtxe-SRTSUujZ7wesy%2BrA@mail.gmail.com> <52E13ACC.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <CAB7-odk36PQawmUG=LyDu1wXcnSVqmxtT7n1AkFL4T19rC_=_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2014.01.23. 16:59, Thomas Hoffmann wrote: > I agree, the TOC is already too long vertically. Adding subsections > would exacerbate the problem. > > By "horizontal page" I mean taking advantage of the full screen width, > for example, by using multi-columns or similar technique. That would > get more info on each screen page. Compare the TOC with the > x-config.html page ( > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html), > which uses the full page width. The problem with this is that TOC is a multiple level enumeration by nature, which is conventionally listed vertically in order. Using two columns may be confusing for people since it is not conventional. And if we use 2 columns, what order would it follow? Like this: 1 2 1.1 2.1 1.2 2.2 1.3 2.3 Or this: 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 And what to do on smaller screens if the two columns do not fit? I believe that a collapsible tree list would be the best option but that requires JavaScript, which we prefer to avoid... Gabor
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