symphonycms/symphony-2 — Issue #1089: Nowrap on error view makes it difficult to see full error message
Author: nickdunn
Created: 2012-03-09 15:40:59+00:00
State: open

While I adore the new error styling, the `nowrap` on text makes it kind of annoying and difficult to see the full error message. For example:

> runtime error: file /Users/nick.dunn/Sites/symphony-2/workspace/pages/sadgasdg-asdg.xsl line 13 element value-of

![](http://f.cl.ly/items/3u2u2M1f292u23441T2Z/Screen%20Shot%202012-03-09%20at%2015.31.51.png)

Obviously trimming the error message itself is a fool's errand and not something we should attempt. Ideally the design would render the error message in full view without the need for any interaction (scrolling).

A quick fix would be to increase the width of the frame from 800px to 960px or so.

Additionally it sometimes feels like the 100px padding at the top is a waste. On my 13" laptop, if all collapsed parts of the page are open, that extra padding induces a bit of extra scrolling. I can see why it's there — to approximately centre the box in the viewport when the message is short... but it feels like too much when the output is long.