AI-Aided: Fix table width issue on important upgrade notes page

[svelle]

Fixes the issue where the important upgrade notes table has content that is wider than it's width.

The css should only affect the table on the important upgrade notes table and leave all other tables untouched.

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[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR scopes responsive table styles to the important upgrade notes page, ensuring the upgrade notes table wraps content and fits its container without affecting other tables.

• Adds scoped CSS overrides for tables under section#important-upgrade-notes
• Enables fixed table layout with word-breaking on cells and headers
• Sets explicit width percentages for first and last columns

[Copilot]

Avoid using !important where possible. Instead, increase selector specificity or place this rule after the default table styles to override them without !important.

Suggested change

	width: 100% !important;
	table-layout: fixed !important;
	overflow-wrap: break-word !important;
	min-width: unset !important;
	}
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default td,
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default th {
	word-wrap: break-word !important;
	vertical-align: top !important;
	min-width: unset !important;
	}
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default td:first-child,
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default th:first-child {
	width: 25% !important;
	width: 100%;
	table-layout: fixed;
	overflow-wrap: break-word;
	min-width: unset;
	}
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default td,
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default th {
	word-wrap: break-word;
	vertical-align: top;
	min-width: unset;
	}
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default td:first-child,
	section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default th:first-child {
	width: 25%;

[Copilot]

You can combine the td and th selectors into one rule block to reduce repetition, e.g. section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default th, td { … }.

[github-actions]

Newest code from mattermost has been published to preview environment for Git SHA 9ac17c3

[svelle]

Live preview: http://mattermost-docs-preview-pulls.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/8080/upgrade/important-upgrade-notes.html

and: https://docs.mattermost.com/upgrade/important-upgrade-notes.html

respectively.

[svelle]

@claude review this pr, review copilots comments and consider if they're useful or not.

[claude]

Claude finished @svelle's task —— View job

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PR Review - Important Upgrade Notes Table Fix

Tasks:

• Read the modified CSS file to understand the implementation
• Analyze the CSS changes for correctness and best practices
• Evaluate copilot's review suggestions for usefulness
• Provide comprehensive review feedback

Analysis of CSS Changes:

The implementation properly addresses the table width issue by:

1. Good scoping: Uses specific selector section#important-upgrade-notes table.align-default to avoid affecting other tables
2. Effective solution: Combines table-layout: fixed, width: 100%, and word-breaking properties to ensure content wraps within container
3. Visual improvement: Before/after images show the fix eliminates horizontal overflow and makes content readable

Evaluation of Copilot's Suggestions:

1. Avoiding !important (Comment on line 353)

• Verdict: Not useful in this case
• Reasoning: The !important declarations are necessary here because this CSS needs to override existing table styles that likely have higher specificity. The scoped selector alone may not be sufficient to override existing styles without !important.

2. Combining td and th selectors (Comment on line 344)

• Verdict: Marginally useful for code organization
• Reasoning: While combining selectors reduces repetition, the current approach is clear and explicit. The minor benefit doesn't justify requiring changes for this specific fix.

3. Using CSS Grid instead of fixed percentages (Comment on line 358)

• Verdict: Not useful for this context
• Reasoning:
  • The author correctly noted that column count won't change
  • CSS Grid would be overkill for a simple 2-column table
  • Fixed percentages (25%/75%) are appropriate and maintainable for this use case
  • Grid layout would require more complex CSS and testing

Final Assessment:

✅ Approve: The PR effectively solves the stated problem with a targeted, minimal solution. The approach is appropriate for the specific use case, and the copilot's suggestions, while technically valid in some contexts, are not necessary improvements for this particular fix.

Key strengths:

• Well-scoped CSS that won't affect other tables
• Addresses the core issue (table width overflow) effectively
• Includes appropriate word-breaking and layout fixes
• Clean, readable implementation

No changes recommended - the current implementation is solid for its purpose.

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[cwarnermm]

Thank you, @svelle!

[github-actions]

Newest code from mattermost has been published to preview environment for Git SHA 6e4e6e5