Re: [pgadmin-hackers][Patch] Change alert styling

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Joao De Almeida Pereira <jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers][Patch] Change alert styling
Date: 2017-06-30 09:24:00
Message-ID: CA+OCxoysh6ttE=kXDYJxh16+SybpNgQpxTBG-vxkg3q=ZNvQgg@mail.gmail.com
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OK, thanks - patch applied.

Note to all hackers: As we modify our override CSS moving forwards, it
should be migrated to SCSS, and use the defined colour variable names.

Thanks.

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Joao De Almeida Pereira <
jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Are you committing to migrating all the main CSS to SCSS? Whilst I can see
>> the advantages of SCSS, I don't want to end up with a mix and match mess of
>> the two (though, I'd be fine with keeping the smaller, module-specific CSS
>> if it doesn't make sense to migrate it).
>
>
> It makes more sense to switch the CSS over as we need it and change the
> classes to be using the correct variables and nest them appropriately.
>
>
> What is the advantage of this over simply overriding the existing styles?
>
>
> We can't simply override the styles because we are adding an icon to the
> alert. So since we have to add a wrapper anyway we decided to style it like
> we normally would.
>
> Thanks,
> João & Sarah
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Joao Pedro De Almeida Pereira <
>> jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>
>>> In this patch we are introducing SCSS that we generated for the style
>>> guide.
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>> The patch is split into 2 files:
>>> - 01-add-scss-building-to-webpack.diff
>>> In this file we add the compilation of SCSS into CSS to webpack
>>>
>>
>> Are you committing to migrating all the main CSS to SCSS? Whilst I can
>> see the advantages of SCSS, I don't want to end up with a mix and match
>> mess of the two (though, I'd be fine with keeping the smaller,
>> module-specific CSS if it doesn't make sense to migrate it).
>>
>>
>>>
>>> - 02-change-alert-messages.diff
>>> In this file we create a Wrapper for Alertify's success and error
>>> function so we can introduce new styling on them. We change all the places
>>> in the app where alertify.success, alertify.notify (with the type 'error'
>>> or 'success') and alertify.error are called.
>>>
>>>
>> What is the advantage of this over simply overriding the existing styles?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Page
>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>
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>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>
>
>

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