Overriding the default field name limit in sphinx/docutils

Question

I am using sphinx for generating html documentation for a project. I make extensive use of field lists.

When generating html, each label/value pair is rendered as a sing

Answer 1

I think your approach doesn't work because sphinx uses its own html writer.

However I think it should work, if you adapt the style for field_name. I (once) used a custom css file with

.field-name {
    white-space: nowrap;
}

or set it to a fixed width.