Re: [pgAdmin4][RM2927] Move all CSS into SCSS files for consistency and ease of colour maintenance etc.

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgAdmin4][RM2927] Move all CSS into SCSS files for consistency and ease of colour maintenance etc.
Date: 2018-09-04 10:25:17
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Thanks - patch applied.

On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Hackers,
>
> Attached is the rebased patch.
> Kindly review.
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:13 AM Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@
> enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Hackers,
>>
>> Please hold on with the patch. I have to rebase the patch again as the
>> patch is old and will fail to apply. Will send the rebased patch.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:35 AM Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@
>> enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>
>>> Just to mention, with the previous patch I have used the new SASS
>>> variables $color-bg-inverse for background colors where #000 (black) was
>>> used and $color-fg-inverse for foreground colors where #fff (white) was
>>> used in few more places. I think I have covered most of the places but
>>> please let me know if I missed anything.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@
>>> enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>
>>>> Attached is an updated patch (one more css change included). Please
>>>> ignore the previous patch.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@
>>>> enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is the updated patch with some corrections in grey shades.
>>>>> I will send the patch for pgadmin.org -> style guide changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@
>>>>>> enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That looks much better... but, did you get the right shades of
>>>>>>>> grey? They seem to have a slight green hint to them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried to get the correct ones. And we can always change them, its
>>>>>>> SASS. :-D
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure, but I'm assigning that task to you :-p
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you please look at v3.2, and check if the button background,
>>>>>> toolbar background and code mirror gutters all have the same resulting
>>>>>> colours in your patch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>>>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave/Hackers,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please find attached the updated patch.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:14 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>>>>>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> One more thought - can you please look at updating the style
>>>>>>>>>>>> guide on the website to be consistent? https://git.
>>>>>>>>>>>> postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgadmin-www.git;a=summary
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dave, is this the current repo ? I configured it on my local and
>>>> looks like old one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Will start working on this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 6:41 PM, Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached is the updated patch fixing the errors. I missed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> linter in webpack.config.js :(
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's better - thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A few thoughts:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - The button bars now have the flat style, however disabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>> buttons are almost indistinguishable from enabled ones. If we're going to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a flatter style, then we need to make the foreground colour of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> buttons much lighter when they're disabled.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess they are distinguishable :/ (below screenshots). Plus
>>>>>>>>>>> you will get a disabled mouse pointer on button hover (after I send the
>>>>>>>>>>> updated patch). If we need to change the colors of the button then we need
>>>>>>>>>>> to override bootstrap variables and compile the less files.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I mean the button bar on the Query Tool or Debugger (though I
>>>>>>>>>> only looked at the former).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> BTW, you should grab the Sim Daltonism app from the app store on
>>>>>>>>>> your Mac. It shows you what the colours would look like to people with
>>>>>>>>>> different types of colour-blindness. It's very useful.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have over-riden bootstrap class
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> for such buttons to make foreground more lighter. The app helped,
>>>>>>>>> thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - I'm not keen on using $color-white/$color-black. That
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pre-supposes what the colours are, in which case we might as well just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hard-code the values. How about $color-foreground/$color-
>>>>>>>>>>>>> background?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> foreground/background is a good idea. It will be helpful in
>>>>>>>>>>> theming if we want a dark theme. All need to use these variables in places
>>>>>>>>>>> where no backgroud/foreground color is set in CSS classes. Will work on
>>>>>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - One thing we may want to do in the future is to have the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> option for alternate themes (or at least just a dark one). Do you know (no
>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to do it now - I'm just asking) if we've got enough of the colours in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> _default_variables.scss (and overridden elsewhere) to be able to do that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have added few more variables and should be enough. pgAdmin4
>>>>>>>>> has limited number of colors
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and the current variables should be enough.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have covered all the hash codes used in pgAdmin4 defined
>>>>>>>>>>> CSS/SCSS files. But, if we want the complete theme then we need to override
>>>>>>>>>>> the external CSS or override the variables and compile the less/sass files
>>>>>>>>>>> (bootstrap). This is part is still not done.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ack. Personally, I'd love a dark theme. Or even pluggable themes.
>>>>>>>>>> That would be awesome - but we have more important work first.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Moving to Bootstrap 4 will make it more easier :P
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have noticed one more thing, templated CSS. We should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> remove it. For now I have skipped template css from webpack bundling.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Should this be done as part of this RM, or we need to create a
>>>>>>>>>>> separate one ?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A separate one I think.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RM3574 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/3574> created.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>>>>>>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>>>>>>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>>>>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>>>>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Aditya Toshniwal
>> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB Software Solutions | Pune
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a tree"
>

--
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