Notes only cover half the available area on the pane

[Talismancer]

Description

When viewing notes, they only occupy half the pane. I cannot drag the right edge to increase the note size. If I split then each note occupies a thin strip a quarter of the pane width. If I toggle between Horizontal and Vertical Launcher bar (it doesn't matter which way) the Note suddenly returns to occupying the full width. But then it reverts when I open a new note...it briefly flashes full width but instantly shrinks back to half the pane again. Toggle. Full width again. Visit another note...half width again. The theme doesn't appear to make a difference.

TriliumNext Version

0.102.2

What operating system are you using?

Windows

What is your setup?

Local + server sync

Operating System Version

Windows 11 Pro 24H2

Error logs

trilium-2026-04-11.log

[hulmgulm]

In Options -> Appearance, there is a "Content width" setting. Maybe changing this will help you.

[Talismancer]

Thanks @hulmgulm, but adjusting the content width does not resolve the issue. My pixel-width is currently set to 1920 (monitor width)
Any change to the Appearance settings fixes it temporarily.
Eg toggle vertical to horizontal. Temporarily fixed. Switch back to Vertical. Still temporarily fixed.
Eg toggle from New Layout to Old. Temporarily fixed. Switch back to New. Still temporarily fixed.

The panes still revert to half-width upon opening "folder" notes despite the setting.

These notes were populated via ETAPI from html pages and placed via code into a hierachy matching the original note-set.
I gathered something might be wrong with the import. So I tried cutting and pasting the content into new, locally added notes. Same result.

I'll go and wipe the note-set entirely and test more with locally added notes as this is a game-stopper.

I hope that at some stage the developers re-open this as a bug, as the temporary fix of toggling layouts is not a viable long-term solution.

[Talismancer]

I've been able to narrow this down:
The formatting glitch is caused by the Notes Preview cards at the bottom of parent notes. In long notes that contain these cards, the page can appear full-width and, as you scroll down to where the cards become visible, the notes width will suddenly "flip" down to 1200px.
The entire problem can be averted by turning those cards off by adding an inheritable attribute in the root note.
#hideChildrenOverview(inheritable)

Next is to check the css of these cards to see if I can hunt down the offending directive (although this might be code generated)...