# Changing to Full Width

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-to-full-width/396884
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-to-full-width/396884 "2026-02-24T10:31:36Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-to-full-width/396884/3 "2026-02-24T10:44:13Z")

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Usually the width of the text area isn’t increased because long lines are harder to read

> [@What's the function/use of hiding the sidebar on large screens if it does not extend the main content area?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-function-use-of-hiding-the-sidebar-on-large-screens-if-it-does-not-extend-the-main-content-area/316558/2):
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> There’s often not much benefit to more horizontal content on the screen, at one point it starts to make reading _less_ efficient… [Readability: The Optimal Line Length – Articles – Baymard Institute](https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability)

You can change the width of the topic-body with some custom CSS: [How to increase width of topic - #7 by awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-width-of-topic/81885/7)

And I think this theme component supports that too: [Discourse Custom Width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-custom-width/256171)

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