[themes] Modules CSS styles...

[Darrel O'Pry]

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 12:32 -0500, Darrel O'Pry wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:33 -0500, Trae McCombs wrote:
> > John Mark Engle wrote:
> > > Maybe, though, extending off of this, perhaps more sensible default css 
> > > should be encouraged.   For modules, it should be as flexible as 
> > > possible, and fit into most themes.
> > 
> > Sensible defaults sound good, until you start asking what is sensible. 
> > Everyone has their on opinion about what is proper white spacing, what 
> > is proper setup for thier module.  In the case of eventfinder.css, it 
> > was trying to float the contents and set it to a width of 200 so it 
> > would look like a block or something inside the node area.  The problem 
> > was, this code didn't work on Firefox, or Internet Explorer 6.  Not 
> > exactly sure what browser this code was originally tested on.
> > 
> > The point is, someone thought, at one time, it might be a good idea to 
> > make it look like it was, and maybe to them, it was sensible.
> > 
> > :/  Maybe if we came up with a set of Module design standards for people 
> > to go by.  You've got a good idea, it's just, how do you enforce a 
> > subjective standard.
> > 
> > Trae

oops I meant to say...

Well the idea of sensible is a consensus of whats right and a best
practices page :)... Not really a standard, but a set of suggested
guidelines would be very nice.

Not sure if this is really on topic, since I'm coming in the tail end of
the conversation.

Personally I think there should be a set of standard css classes....
something like...

.bg-color-primary, .bg-color-compliment-1, .bg-color-compliment-2
.text-color-primary, .text-color-compliment-1, .text-color-compliment-2
.wrapper, .box, etc..

Someone with a better grasp of color theory, css, and drupal theming
would probably be a better candidate for working that out...    

Then suggest to module developers where/how these default classes should
be used, and to include a module-specific class in the class tag...

ie) 
<div class='.box .box-$module'>
</div>

Along with encouraging heavy use of span and div in place of traditional
html elements.