# How to increase width of topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-width-of-topic/81885
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-width-of-topic/81885 "2018-03-01T14:30:09Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-width-of-topic/81885/7 "2023-01-04T22:27:20Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
>
> I think eventually we’d want the layout to be more flexible so it would be in the right position automatically if the topic column width is different, but for now it’s a manual adjustment at a few breakpoints.

Good news, this is the case now. In a theme the content width of a topic can be increased with a little CSS:

```css
:root {
    --topic-body-width: 1000px;
}

```

That’s it! no overlap. Note that the max-width is still constrained by Discourse’s overall max-width, so if you want to go to an extreme and do something like:

```css
:root {
    --topic-body-width: 2000px;
}

```

you’ll also need to increase `--d-max-width`, which defaults to 1110px

```css
:root {
    --d-max-width: 3000px;
    --topic-body-width: 2000px;
}

```

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