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Colin Macleod <
user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote or quoted:
I'm reluctant to reverse this. I think there is still a clear division >between headers and posting and I don't want to waste space on small screens >like phones.
In theory, it would be possible to assign a special custom class
to that blank line, as in,
|<pre class="mime-container">
|<span class="headers">From:
user@example.com
|Subject: Test Message</span>
|<span class="target-blank-line">
|</span><span class="body">This is the message body.</span>
|</pre>
. Then, one could hide that blank line via CSS, while it would
still be there when copied:
|.target-blank-line {
| display: inline-block; /* Required to apply height/font-size */
| height: 0;
| font-size: 0;
| line-height: 0;
| overflow: hidden;
| vertical-align: top;
|}
, and educated users could use their custom user CSS to style
that blank line as they wish. Or, one could even have a button
on the web page to toggle that blank line.
But in practice, this would be too much effort and it would
increase the complexity of the site introducing additional
effort for maintenance and risks of bugs.
Yes, the whole idead of "responsive design" would be to have
this blank line on large screens, but remove it for small screens,
but the same counterarguments apply.
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