Improve iPad screen real estate

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Hey all,

I’m browsing on an iPad Pro 13 inch and I think the experience could be improved. There’s a lot of unused space in either orientation of the screen. Here is a screenshot of me browsing.

This image appears to be a screenshot of a software interface or development environment, showing various panels such as a topic guide, code snippets, and features related to a component called "Discourse". (Captioned by AI)
This image appears to be a screenshot of a software interface or development environment, showing various panels such as a topic guide, code snippets, and features related to a component called "Discourse". (Captioned by AI)2064×2752 434 KB

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Is this any better for you in safe mode? I think this may be a consequence of reserving space for the DiscoTOC - automatic table of contents — though maybe that can be adjusted to avoid it in posts without a table of contents… :thinking:

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I did every option in safe mode (did not know this was a thing, ty), it’s still not great. I remember on our test site we just manually fixed it our selves but I kept forgetting to report it.

If it helps these are the new iPads that just came out. I don’t have any older ones to try.

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It can be a similar issue on desktop browsers. This is my normal view of the internet:

Screenshot of how Discourse is rendered when it's only given part of the browser window
Screenshot of how Discourse is rendered when it's only given part of the browser window1920×788 83.9 KB

With the exception of docs pages, everything works, but it feels a bit unbalanced. Arguably I’m shooting myself in the foot here, but I suspect a lot of people are viewing Discourse along with another app on the same screen.