Having the sidebar on the right

[Mariano Suarez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez arnet com ar>]

Hi all,

One minor glitch with having the sidebar on the right, which I find
_very_ distracting while browsing w.g.o & friends, is that the sidebar
gets moved each time one goes from a page which is height is bigger than
the current viewport's height to one which is not, or vice versa: the
browser will add or remove a scrolling bar, and the sidebar is {
position: absolute; right: 0px; }

This movement takes place independently of whether the actual content of
the sidebar has changed, but it is quite noticeable, so attracts (my?)
attention each time.

I don't know if one can portably make browsers show the scrollbar 
(body {min-height: 110%} ?)

Of course, a browser with scrolling bars on the *left* would have the
same problem if the sidebar were on the left, but I don't think I've
seen a browser like that.

-- m

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Mariano Suárez-Alvarez
Departamento de Matematica - FCEyN - Universidad de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. I. (1428) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~aldoc9

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    he sacado la mayor lección de mi vida. Aprendí a respetar las ideas 
    ajenas, a detenerme ante el secreto de las conciencias, a entender 
    antes de discutir, a discutir antes de condenar. Y como estoy en 
    vena de confesiones, hago una más, quizás superflua: detesto con 
    toda mi alma a los fanáticos.

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