Text editor bounding box color

[ScottiG]

Where can I find the parameters to change the text editor bounding boxes? - They used to be the same standard grey color as defualt in VB, but for some reason I cannot seem to isolate the parameter in CSS for the box itself - I have found a couple of parameters that will change the background of the general area surrounding the editor, but then it changes other elements throughout the site as well.

I have seen other sites with dark backgrounds that have clearly defined and framed editor boxes, but for some reason I simply cannot get this element of my site looking correct.

Also, why are my smilies now popped out on the side in a box of their own?

It would be great to simply get the editor boxes back to normal.

All the text editors on my site have this issue - Quick reply, WYSIWYG, profile comment, etc...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in avdance!

[Seven Skins]

YourStyle > Toolbar menu options > Text Editor Control Styles > Editor buttons in normal state > Background

[ScottiG]

Seven Skins,

Thanks for your response - While your advice did yield a positive result in the profile editor and quick-reply editor boxes (they look normal again) - I am still having the problem with the WYSIWYG editor.

For whatever reason, nothing changes the frame background of the WYSIWYG editor. The button parameters are working, if I change the colors for the buttons, the buttons change color in the hover and clicked states, but for some odd reason I cannot change the background of this particular editor.

Also, another thing I just noticed... the dropdown box to allow the color of the text to be changed is not displaying correctly for this editor either - It does not fully drop, and when you click the button to open the color selector the text automatically changes to black (the defualt for my site is light gray)

The text color selector box works perfectly fine in the profile and quick edit boxes.

Any thoughts?

Please feel free to check it out for yourself at my site.

Thanks in advance for your insight!

[Seven Skins]

Your site is not working I will try it later.

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[ScottiG]

Sorry about that, my host sent out an alert of a scheduled maintenance right around the time you visited the site - It lasted about 10 minutes - It should be working fine now.

Thanks again for taking the time to help me work through this.

[ScottiG]

Still looking for some guidance on getting this resolved. Any other suggestions?

[Seven Skins]

Does that color selector menu works fine in default style?
If it does then some hack or skin code is conflicting with your style. Thats will be hard to find out. Disable one hack at time and find out which one is causing problem.

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[ScottiG]

Seven,

Thanks for the visit to the site and for your advice.

Turn out the editor works perfectly with the default style, so I am assuming there is something screwy with the skin's template. Could you advise on where specifically I should be looking to correct this issue? Is there a certain block of code I should be looking for in a particular template?

You help has been very much appreciated!

[Princeton]

create a child style for testing
in this style, revert all editor_ templates

make changes as suggested by seven
YourStyle > Toolbar menu options > Text Editor Control Styles >

now check .. you should start seeing some changes

if problem still persists revert or compare newthread, newreply, and editpost template

things you should check
- inline/embedded CSS
- custom external stylesheets
- modifications to default classes
- conflicts between custom CSS and default CSS

DO ALL OF THIS IN A "TEST STYLE"

[ScottiG]

Thanks to Seven Skins and Princeton for their replies!

After lots and lots of template checking and hair pulling, I finally found my problem... While the fix was not 100% directly related to the advice of either of those that offered suggestions, it "IS" because of their advice that I was able to eliminate a few possibilities and look a bit further up the chain to hone in on the problem, so my sincerest thanks goes out to you both for stepping up to the plate and taking a swing.

As it turns out, there happened to be a couple of lines of missing code in the "header includes" box in my current style - it was the CSS reference text to the editor_css - it simply was not there.

So, after hours and hours of tail chasing over the course of weeks, but now armed with the advice of those listed above, I finally got it working correctly!

Thanks again to Seven Skins and Princeton for your contributions!