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derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points
Posted by derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points

How do I stop a site from getting pushed to the left when viewed on a phone?

I have noticed that even when using the meta viewport tag/attribute, on my phone the site is able to be pushed over to the left exposing whitespace from the right side. I thought I was doing something wrong but noticed it happens on the jQuery Mobile site (just to use as an example): http://jquerymobile.com/

In landscape mode it fills the viewport and doesn't move but in portrait I'm able to drag the whole page over to the left exposing whitespace.

Is there a way to stop that?

2 Answers

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

Check for any elements breaking out of your containing div, or wrapper. On the jQuery Mobile site the "ThemeRoller" image and a tag are breaking out of its parent.

derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points
derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points

Oh I see, perfect, thank you!

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Also check out the width of the element too. I see some sites that their ads are wide and it just pushes it everywhere. Bad sites : p