For the purpose of understanding what other users see, and to provide a record of the current SE Beta formatting, I would like to conduct a survey of the line width of the code boxes that users see.

Please use a "ruler" like this one to determine how many characters your system displays before the horizontal scroll bar appears, then post the ruler as an answer.

         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901

If an answer already exists with that size of ruler, please vote for that answer instead.

Optionally edit the answer to include a description of your browser or device in a bulleted list or place it in a comment below the answer.

Please only post one "ruler" in each answer, and please refrain from making commentary in the body of the answer (use comments). This way it is clear what each vote given to each answer represents.

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We should upvote the answers to death. They are all right! – belisarius Jun 18 '12 at 19:02
This depends on the zoom factor as well. – Szabolcs Jun 18 '12 at 19:03
@Szabolcs yes, that is why I specifically included it in my own (sample) answer. – Mr.Wizard Jun 18 '12 at 19:07

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         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9   
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123

Opera 12.00 on Windows 7 at 100% zoom

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Firefox 13 on WinXP, Consolas installed. – Szabolcs Jun 18 '12 at 19:03
Firefox 13 on Windows 7 at 100% (default) zoom (ClearType on) – Mr.Wizard Jun 18 '12 at 19:15
@Mr.Wizard I upvoted this and deleted mine – belisarius Jun 18 '12 at 19:43
Iceweasel 3.5.16 (Debian-branded version of Firefox) on Linux, default (100%) zoom. – celtschk Oct 4 '12 at 13:13
         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9  
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012

This is using Chrome on a 13.3 inch macbook.

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Also Chrome on Win7 at 100% zoom – Ajasja Jun 20 '12 at 15:37
Chrome on Mac and Linux. – halirutan Sep 28 '12 at 10:20
         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
  • Firefox 12.0 under MacOS 10.6.8 on 15" Macbook Pro
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         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9         0
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456

Opera 12.00 on Windows 7 at 130% zoom (but the top and bottom lines of the ruler are no longer lined up).

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Thanks. Do you know why the alignment goes off with those settings? With FF I can zoom to 200% and my answer (99) is still valid and aligned. – Mr.Wizard Jun 18 '12 at 19:43
@Mr.Wizard Sorry, I don't know. It seems to be related to resizing the spaces in the top line differently to other characters--perhaps tracking and/or kerning are enabled for fonts over a certain size and some characters are hinted while others are not, or not correctly. (This is Consolas, the hinting for which you can readily find complaints about via Google.) – Oleksandr R. Jun 18 '12 at 20:01
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123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
  • Firefox 13, Windows 7, ClearType on: when using 130% or greater Full Page Zoom
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My iPad doesn't display scrollbars in code windows, but it scrolls like you requested in your recent drag box question.

         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9         
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
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You have some extra spaces after the 9 of the first line, which make a difference in scrolling. – celtschk Oct 4 '12 at 13:33

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