# Long names cause layout problems

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449 "2018-09-05T20:55:09Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449/1 "2018-09-05T20:55:09Z")

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On mobile, when a user has a very long “Full Name”, it can push the post time off the right hand side of the screen. This then makes the browser horizontally scrollable, which feels very weird.

Have seen this on a few different forums, including Meta.

Some CSS 🧙 is required

 ![uk_t_test-topic-for-development_23_2(iPhone%206_7_8)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/1/61999a95ac4d4a13f1d9daf607113fc27fdbcc73.png)

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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: [September 6, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449/3 "2018-09-06T00:55:39Z")

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All set via

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8cff3c9bbc7428011f7d83f5e5dd73abb684d995](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8cff3c9bbc7428011f7d83f5e5dd73abb684d995)

 ![57%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/4/34567c68fc786926ea9677e05f46e692ab8f3890.png)

Thanks David David David David David David David

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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: [September 7, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449/4 "2018-09-07T22:00:18Z")

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