Build from Source’ tab partially hidden in mobile view on Install page
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Description
URL : https://git-scm.com/install/source
Expected Behavior
All tabs (“Windows”, “macOS”, “Linux”, “Build from Source”) should be fully visible or scrollable horizontally when viewed on small screens.
Actual Behavior
The “Build from Source” tab is not fully visible, with part of the text clipped off-screen.
Problem
When viewing the “Install” page on smaller screen widths (e.g., mobile or narrow desktop windows), the “Build from Source” tab on the right side of the tab menu gets partially hidden.
Users can only see part of the text, and it’s not possible to scroll horizontally to view the full label.
This causes usability and accessibility issues for mobile users.
Operating System and Browser
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Browser: brave
Steps to Reproduce
Go to https://git-scm.com/install/source
Resize the browser window to a width around 400–500px.
Observe that the “Build from Source” tab on the right side becomes cut off and partially hidden.
Possible Solution
A simple CSS fix could solve this issue.
Adding the following CSS to the tab container may help
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Research direction
Open the Install page at /install/source and reproduce the clipped tab at a width of about 400–500px. Inspect the tab container’s HTML and CSS, then verify that all four tabs are fully visible or horizontally scrollable on narrow screens.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, html
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100