Very annoyed with the way the editor is setup

[kNeo]

Originally Posted by John Lester

Not all changes done in additional.css that affect the editor actually work.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=287773

I still have no idea why I can't change the background color of the "Font' and "Size" boxes in the editor using additional.css

Yeah I ran into this the first time I attempted to seriously customize the editor.

For what it's worth, you can modify these elements by stick your css at the bottom of editor_contents.css -- this is actually the only css called by both the Font Size and Font Family iframes, as such it was the only place I could stick my css. And even then, !importants might be necessary.

Oh, and Firebug, at least for me, was a bit flaky -- I spent like 20 minutes trying to figure out the right element, when the fault lied with Firebug not updating the element correctly (however reloading the page with the CSS added to editor_contents.css rightly displayed the changes I was after).

At any rate, the end result was this (not happy yet, but at least I figured how to change the stupid colors):


next challenge: the color drop down, wee!

EDIT: To be clear, I only discovered this out tonight. Previously I had ignored the issue, since it seemed so minor. This time I'm after a finished style without any glitches like this. I swear the next style I create is going to be a lighter one; there are far too many colors that assume a white/light design.