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Comment by aquova | Hacker News Reader

Note that there is a button in the bottom right of the window that expands the article's width to take up much more of the page.

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There's also a feature request and proof-of-concept patch to implement persistent preferences for viewers who aren't logged in. The proof-of-concept already remembers whether the max width toggle is enabled: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321498

There needs to be a way to persist this setting. It is maddening to have to click it on every new page I visit.

They made the preference for article previews persist, why did they not do the same for this?

Is there a way to make it sticky? I have to repress the button on every new article I open.

There's a feature request for that: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321498

What button are you referring to?

Perhaps it hasn't rolled out to everyone, but if I go to any Wikipedia article, there is a rectangular button in the lower right with the alt text "Toggle limited content width". Clicking it removes most of the margins on either side of the article.

It's tied to page zoom and viewport so it wouldn't show for me.

If your viewport is >1600px wide you should see a small square gray button resembling a full-screen toggle in the bottom-right corner of the browser. Click it and the max-width limit on content is reverted and fills the viewport width.

Images: https://imgur.com/a/UMxtP61

I had zoom on at 150% and it doesn't show that button. Thanks.

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