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The information is pretty much all there if you read the chapters on templates in the More Advanced Procedures and you can also get anything you are missing here. Hold your horses there pardner, you're trying to run before you can walk. (If one could peek at the existing css to see the the existing class definitions.) Just as one example it does not appear to be possible to define style classes in css, and apply them within HM6 (without manually typing css class names into the XML) It isn't as clear whether it is impossible to write css that effectively overrides and/or extends styles defined in the HM6 style-editing dialog. Likewise, because of the relatively primitive nature of what can be specified in H&M styles vis-a-vis the power of css, it would certainly be nice to understand the scope/limitations of css usage within HM6. It appears that the html for it is generated in toto via a blackbox javascript function. It does not appear to be possible to customize (via template) the source html that implements a toggle. Toggles are an example of a feature that seems to have no handles at all to grasp hold of.
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Without at least read-only access to the existing css stylesheet, how is one supposed to know how to write custom overriding css? No such file exists anywhere on my computer, so I assume that is also a black box. A customizing dialog allows me to change the name of this, but I am at a loss to understand why I would want or need to.
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I find references in the manual to a "generated css file" that is supposedly "output" with the default name of "default.css". But, it is difficult to override and extend a totally opaque black box. It is suggested I could replace or extend the HM6-provided javascript. css files in the templates that do not exist on my computer and hence are essentially black boxes. The related manual topics don't seem to be of much help in understanding any of this.Īlthough I do know where skins are stored, likewise the default page template, and how to edit them, and it appears the skins replace default project elements, it isn't clear, for instance, whether named topic templates in my project are overridden. Specifically, I am unable to figure out where/how various things are implemented/stored/interact, e.g.: The problem isn't a lack of understand html, css and js, it is a lack of understanding what is done where in HM6. Although I think I am relatively comfortable in all these realms, it is clear as mud how to make effective use of this, because I am having trouble finding where various parts of the predefined html, css, and js reside. It is suggested several places in the manual that experts can drop in custom html, css and js for better control. Some random thoughts relevant to this topic: (Sorry if some of this was discussed years ago WRT HM5, I never used it)
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However, in my particular case, I am reformatting existing text with toggles, by selecting headings, then cutting and pasting the headed text into the generated table. Thanks for the tip with the snippet idea.
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We like to have computers do as much of the work as possible. (Like all programmers, I am basically a lazy person. using CSS in the form of:Ĭompared to this, tagging each individual table somehow doesn't seem "easier". My intention was to apply a default style to every dropdown table in the project. That is one step further down in the CSS cascade than I wanted to apply the style. Easier than what? I already realized I could manually tag each dropdown table individually with a table style. 4) To insert a new toggle select the Snippet tool in Write > Insert Object and select From File and Copy/Paste to insert the snippet. 3) Select File > Save Snippet in Project > Manage Topics and save the snippet with a descriptive name in your project folder. Then you can just insert a snippet in Copy/Paste mode instead of building the toggle from scratch every time.īasically you just do this: 1) Build the dummy toggle in the editor with a little dummy text in the header and table. Second, save dummy copies of the toggles you want to use as snippets, complete with all the formatting, custom icons, table styles etc you want to use. There are two easier ways to do this, which you can also combine: First, define a table style for the tables you use for your toggles in Write > Styles > Edit Styles and choose that when you create a toggle.