Is there a way to expand a widget size so it takes up more screen space?

Thuong.T.349

Hi there,

My organization uses a widget-based homepage that has a two-panel layout. The left widget is the main focus of the screen and it shows the course content. Is there a way to expand the widget size so that it takes up more screen space vertically?

Mike.B.559

I find inefficient use of screen real estate to be an issue across the platform; whether we're talking about responsive sizing, visual clutter, too much white space, or widget sizing/layout. One thing you might try is ticking the "Render in IFrame" box. It's in the "content" area of a widget. I have found this useful in the past.

However, if achieving a more efficient use of screen real estate is something that's important to you, I would suggest visiting the PIE and upvoting the following related submissions:

Reduce Whitespace on Discussion Posts (D6786) - submitted 09/10/2020
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D6786

Less whitespace when marking assignments (D7247) - submitted 01/14/2021
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D7247

Ability to resize navbar icons and remove whitespace (D6597) - submitted 07/06/2020
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D6597

Condensed Question Format (Less whitespace in question) plus sticky text box options (D8025) - submitted 07/15/2021
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D8025

Visual Table of Contents (VTOC): collapse unused space (D6200) - submitted 03/04/2020
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D6200

Slim Announcements | Image and Padding (D8986) - submitted 03/29/2022
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D8986

Better Scaled View (D10759) - submitted 09/17/2023
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D10759

Also, what is your experience of using the widget-based homepage and subsequent navigation on a mobile device? I feel this is an area that requires significant work:

Improve mobile (i.e. smaller screen) experience (D9601)
https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D9601