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Subject: Re: How to adjust width of menu page for long labels
From: Thorsten Scherler <thorsten@apache.org>
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Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:33:43 +0200
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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 08:57 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote:
> Ferdinand Soethe wrote:
> > I need to increase the width of the menu-page to fit longer labels
> > properly. Any ideas how best to do this?
> 
> Do you mean the width of the menu? If so:
> 
>  From a generated page I find:
> 
> <!--+
>      |start Menu, mainarea
>      +-->
> <!--+
>      |start Menu
>      +-->
> <div id="menu">
> 
> 
> Looking in the screen.css for the pelt skin I find:
> 
> #menu {
>      position: relative;
>      float: left;
>      width: 160px;
>      padding-top: 0px;
>      top:-18px;
>      left:10px;
>      z-index: 20;
>      background-color: #f90;
>      font-size : 70%;
> }
> 
> Note the width settings in those classes.
> 
> ---
> 
> So my guess would be that if you redefine the relevant classes in 
> extra-css in your skinconf.xml you'll manage what you need.
> 

The problem with the extra-css is that it is "only" overriding the
original css in terms of the attributes you use in the extra-css. You
need to set *all* former css attributes to really make sure your
extra-css is taken like you want.

HTH

> Ross

salu2
-- 
thorsten

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