I will second rwolfenden
Some of us are working on 30″ monitors with a resolution 2560X1600 (and thinking of going with 4K).
The modal window in the new release is simply too small and not taking advantage of the space available. When using a 1170-1200 site width and are working with wider content it is simply inefficient and a waste of screen real estate on higher res dsiplays while the content crumbles down vertically and we engage in a scrolling spree.
I am only testing the new build on a localhost setup now and decided to change it back to the previous settings by editing the
page-builder.css file found at (\wp-content\themes\cardinal\swift-framework\page-builder\assets\css)
You can play with the width by altering the following section:
.spb_edit_form_elements {
width: 80%;
min-width: 600px;
/*max-width: 800px;*/ (disabled this)
margin: 5% auto; (changed 10% to 5% to center the modal on screen)
padding: 0;
background: #fff;
border-radius: 3px;
height: 80%;
max-height: 80%; (changed 60% to 80%)
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
The same is true for the Custom CSS editor that is only using less than 1/3rd of my screen height. With 1000 lines of CSS (+ another 1000 that I moved to other css files) I am scrolling a lot. I will get down it but it needs more work to change its height. It is workable right now but certainly a compromise compared to having a height of lets say 680px instead of 480px.
Now the real issue is how you the developers can balance efficiency between those using smaller screens and those that use the larger ones. In my opinion and given that resolutions are going to skyrocket (4K monitors, high PPI mobile devices) even more, this is something that needs careful consideration so there is scalability to take advantage of the much increased screen real estate.
It is getting quite ridiculous to have a huge percentage of the web being displayed as a thin vertical stripe on modern desktops just because targeted resolutions of the previous years were 960px and the average PC monitor sucks real bad. At least “full-width” layouts somehow alleviate this issue but I am still noticing so many issues on high res screens even on Themeforest demos where art is tiled or content is split too far apart and sliders breaking. I can’t imagine what it is going to be like as more 4K monitors enter the market although it will take some time. Yet, it is sad how the PC as a platform is dominated but so many low resolution screens when prices of monitors are so low nowadays. And although not a MAC user, I am really happy to see Apple pushing the resolutions up on the desktop!
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