Title: configuration problem with multiple sidebars
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# configuration problem with multiple sidebars

 *  [kretze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kretze/)
 * (@kretze)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-problem-with-multiple-sidebars/)
 * on my german theme dKret i make heavily use of different sidebar widgets (7 so
   far).
    They work very well BUT it is a hell to configure them. In smaller Rersolutions
   it is not possible at all because in the admin area (Sidebar Arrangement), all
   sidebars are lined up horizontally. If you grab a Widget on the bottom and want
   to place it in the rightest sidebar, you have to scroll. But than you loose this
   widget.
 * it would be nice, if i could make the sidebars in the admin-area appear smaller
   in size (maybe same width as the Widgets at the bottom).
 * Hope i could make myself understood.

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 *  [plainsman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plainsman/)
 * (@plainsman)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-problem-with-multiple-sidebars/#post-492241)
 * First, if you try the “Ctrl + -” function on your keyboard, that might work to
   make it all smaller and fit.
 * Aside from that, the size of the “dropzones” and text are defined in the widgets.
   php file in wp-content/plugins/widgets.
 * If you half (probably too drastic), or decrease incrementally – say by 33%, all
   of the widths, heights, font sizes, line spacing, etc… you can get everything
   into the browser window.
 * There is a CSS section of the file widgets.php.
 * So, playing with the top section and the CSS section, you can change the widths,
   heights, font sizes and other options in there to accomplish a much smaller display.
 * I have done it on one site (with 10 widget dropzones) and, although not a perfect
   fix, it does make the admin area workable.
 * ** Oh, and backup your copy of the widgets.php file before doing that. :o)
 *  Thread Starter [kretze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kretze/)
 * (@kretze)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-problem-with-multiple-sidebars/#post-492288)
 * I don’t have a problem but others who use my theme may have a problem with all
   those sidebars not shown.
    I don’t want to tell all of them to load a fixes widgets
   plugin. Is there a way to pass style overwrite the style-information in widgets.
   php?

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 * Last reply from: [kretze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kretze/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-problem-with-multiple-sidebars/#post-492288)
 * Status: not resolved

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