Fix a page that scrolls sideways on mobile with a small CSS snippet
Find the element that makes a page wider than a phone screen and fix it with a CSS snippet in WPCode or Code Snippets, switched on with your password.
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time
- about 20 min
- Works with
- WPCode, Code Snippets
On my phone, the page [page address] moves sideways and there is a gap on the right. Open it on mobile and tell me what is wider than the screen. Find the element behind it in the page's HTML and write the smallest CSS fix that touches only that element, nothing site-wide. Add it as a CSS snippet, show me the code, and switch it on only after I approve. Then check the page on mobile again.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
[Page] scrolls sideways on mobile: find the cause and fix it with a small CSS snippet after my approval.
What happens
- The AI app opens the page on mobile in a browser and reports content wider than the screen, with a screenshot.
- It reads the page's HTML as the browser shows it, to find the element and its classes.
- It adds a CSS snippet that targets only that element; new snippets are always created switched off.
- Switching it on is approved in SAR with your password; SAR then loads the site, switches the snippet off again if anything breaks and watches for errors for ten minutes.
- It checks the page on mobile again and tells you whether the sideways scroll is gone.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
sar_visual_checkCheck a page visuallyNonesar_get_rendered_pageRead a page as visitors see itNonewordpress_create_snippetCreate a code snippetNonewordpress_activate_snippetSwitch a code snippet onApproval and password
What you get
A page that fits the phone screen, fixed with a few lines of CSS you can switch off at any time.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.