Re: [Straw-devel] CSS/Layout Suggestions

[Steven Garrity]

Juri Pakaste wrote:
> So thanks for the input, but I'm afraid I'm going to reject most of it
> this time :-) I'd rather not change the view drastically with every
> release.

Fair enough. For now, here are some more minor changes that address some 
of the issues you mentioned. Replacing the three classes in straw.css 
with those included below will:
 - Make the box background and border a bit lighter (looks better)
 - Hold the width of the right column open as wide as possible
   (this keeps the fields in the same place)
 - Adjusts the padding slightly to deal with the new column widths

I'd also suggest making the title bold - it stands out nicely. For now, 
this should probably just be done by wrapping the title in 
<strong></strong> or <b></b> in MainWindow.py.

As the CSS classes are structured right now, the CSS file can't have 
fine-grained control over individual fields. I might submit a patch to 
change that later on.

Here are the updated CSS classes:

table.itemhead {
        margin-bottom:10px;
        width:100%;
        background-color:#EEE;
        color: #000;
        border: 1px solid #999;
}


td.headleft {
        padding: 2px 2px 2px 8px;
        text-align:right;
        font-weight: bold;
        white-space: nowrap;
}


td.headright {
        padding:2px 5px;
        width: 100%;
}



Thanks,
Steven Garrity