.postbox-container destroys admin dashboard

@blackstar1979

Thank you for your post and sorry to hear about the problem.

Does that CSS make your dashboard blank, or?
Can you please provide a screenshot of what it does exactly?

I look forward to your response so that we can assist further with this.

There is no blank output…
1. plugin’s js limit columns to 3 (i use 4 as i have wide screen)
2. plugin overrides admin theme columns widths (there are not null margins too sometimes) so every last column is not at it’s place but after-under

My margins are 2% so i made my temp solution like this:

/*** BLACKSTAR CUSTOM ***/
    function dashboard_columns() {
      add_screen_option(
            'layout_columns',
            array(
                'max'       =>   4,
                'default'   =>   4
            )
        );
        ?>
      <div id="newsletters-postbox-container-css">
          <style>
        .postbox-container {
            min-width: 23% !important;
        }
        .meta-box-sortables.ui-sortable.empty-container {
            display: none;
        }
        </style>
      </div>
      <script type="text/javascript">
      jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        postbox_container_set_width(jQuery('.columns-prefs input[name="screen_columns"]:checked').val());
        jQuery('.columns-prefs input[name="screen_columns"]').on('click', function(element) {
          var columns = jQuery(this).val();
          postbox_container_set_width(columns);
        });
      });
      var postbox_container_set_width = function(columns) {
        if (columns == 1) {
          jQuery('#newsletters-postbox-container-css').html('<style>.postbox-container { width:98% !important; min-width:98% !important; }</style>');
        } else if (columns == 2) {
          jQuery('#newsletters-postbox-container-css').html('<style>.postbox-container { width:48% !important; min-width:48% !important; }</style>');
        } else if (columns == 3) {
          jQuery('#newsletters-postbox-container-css').html('<style>.postbox-container { width:31% !important; min-width:31% !important; }</style>');
        } else if (columns == 4) {
          jQuery('#newsletters-postbox-container-css').html('<style>.postbox-container { width:23% !important; min-width:23% !important; }</style>');
        }
      }
      </script>
        <?php
    }
/***.BLACKSTAR CUSTOM ***/

I couldnt find the hook to override it at my custom functions :/

(for some reason you made your own columns handle in plugin)

@blackstar1979

Ah, yes, the Newsletter plugin adds back in the “Number of Columns” setting that WordPress got rid of a few releases back because of new media queries. You’ll see it when you click “Screen Options”

But it only includes 1, 2, 3 columns, not more. So I’m adding this to our development list so that we can improve this in our upcoming release.

Thank you for the wonderful feedback!

Yes, because now it auto adjust number of columns in dashboard (for my resolution its 4 on new install)… maybe you will add your custom columns fix as additional option to choose if wanted?

@blackstar1979

We have fixed/improved this in our latest development.
You will now be able to specify 1, 2, 3 and 4 dashboard columns.
Unfortunately the maximum is 4, WordPress doesn’t recognize anything higher than that.

We will release an update of the Newsletter plugin shortly with this fix included.