I've been poking around the contrib.admin CSS recently after a long hiatus. I'm amazed at how well they've held up all this time, but obviously after three years I've changed my mind about some of the bright ideas I had when I wrote the first version.
Obviously, with newforms admin it's a lot easier to customize the admin, but the admin CSS still has some quirks that make it less than hospitable to customization and reuse. I'd like to make some changes to improve that. Goals: 1. Make the admin CSS files easier for multiple editors and more version-control friendly 2. Reduce unnecessary complexity of the admin CSS file structure 3. Replace obscure CSS parser hacks currently used to filter CSS for IE 4. Encourage reuse of existing admin styles in custom app admins Implementation: 1. Reformat admin CSS to use multi-line selector format instead of single-line selectors. Easier for multiple authors to get in and understand what's going on, and much better for tracking changes in version control, since each rule is on it's own line. 2. Combine most (all?) of the admin CSS files into a single file and cut down on (remove?) @import rules. The current file structure has different components separated into different files, which import each other. It's too complicated to figure out what's going on, and the extra HTTP requests aren't necessary for the debatable benefit of having separate files for everything. 3. Use IE conditional comments to block the admin CSS from IE5 and serve the patch file with fixes for IE6. Much more consistent, reliable, and easier to understand than the current parser hacks. Also, can finally get rid of that stupid null.css file. 4. Refactor some admin styles (form controls, button styles, etc.) to make them easier to reuse. Obviously these are pretty minor changes, and shouldn't affect the appearance or function of the admin at all. But I wanted to put it out there and get a feel from the rest of you folks what impact these changes might have on any existing admin customization projects out there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
