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6/5/2010 5:53 AM
 
Rodney Joyce


www.pokerdiy.com
Joined: 4/28/2004
Posts: 2796
I noticed a lot of modules load unnecessary .css when it is not needed. For example, most utility modules that are not actually visible on a page to the end user (without Edit Role) attach their module.css. Other modules put a lot of CSS into the module.css that is only needed when the module is in edit mode.

I currently use a CSS unloader to remove these .css files but it would be nice if the core module module.css loader could be more intelligent - I don't know exactly what the solution is, but thinking off the top of my head perhaps we need another moduleedit.css file (only attached when someone has Edit Rights on the module or when it is in edit mode). Then you could put styles in module.css that apply to all your forms and only edit css in the edit one.

Or maybe module developers just need to link to their own edit stylesheets in their module and stop using the default module.css functionality?

Or maybe some way of telling module.css to load only under certain conditions?

Ideas?

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6/5/2010 12:39 PM
 
Paul Scarlett


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Nice suggestions, especially the ModuleEdit.css.  Expanding on this idea a bit ... load Module_<controlkey>.css where modulekey would be the same as defined in the module defintion.  This would include the your suggestion for ModuleEdit.css as Module_Edit.css as Edit is the controlkey.

Additionally, there might  be  cases where your do not want the default module.css to be loaded.  If a "Suppress CSS" option were added to the Module Settings, then if enabled, the loading of the module.css would be by-passed.  (default mode would be to allow the loading).

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6/6/2010 6:42 PM
 
Bruce Chapman


www.dnnsoftware.com
Joined: 12/7/2005
Posts: 792
It's a good suggestion and something I hadn't thought of before. 
The simple solution is for the module developer to ignore the module.css file and to include the correct css files into their modules as needed.

The more complicated solution is to have an option somewhere in the module which allows control over which (if any) css files to emit with the module.
 
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6/7/2010 8:38 AM
 
Rodney Joyce


www.pokerdiy.com
Joined: 4/28/2004
Posts: 2796
This is what I have come up with:

I am breaking my module css into 2 new files - ModuleName.css and ModuleNameEdit.css - any styles that only apply in Edit mode (Admin skin, until a page can support it's own edit skin) go into the 2nd one. You have to load them up manually in each ascx.

What I noticed in a lot of modules (including my own!) is very sloppy use of Module.css - any style gets bunged in there regardless on which views it is used. So I have a module with 10 different screens/.ascx files/satellite views, some of which don't even use the css file and yet if you put any view on a page the whole stylesheet is loaded by the core.

Hence if you are working on a view (.ascx) file in a module make a new style sheet (ModuleFileName.css) for just those styles if they are not used any where else.

I would recommend developers to stop using the Module.css until this is handled more efficiently in the core...

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6/7/2010 8:45 AM
 
Rodney Joyce


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Paul Scarlett wrote:
Nice suggestions, especially the ModuleEdit.css.  Expanding on this idea a bit ... load Module_.css where modulekey would be the same as defined in the module defintion.  This would include the your suggestion for ModuleEdit.css as Module_Edit.css as Edit is the controlkey.

Additionally, there might  be  cases where your do not want the default module.css to be loaded.  If a "Suppress CSS" option were added to the Module Settings, then if enabled, the loading of the module.css would be by-passed.  (default mode would be to allow the loading).

Thoughts? 

I like the ControlKey idea - simple change and flexible (although View controls don't have a ControlKey...).  Great way of separating the Edit/Settings/View etc. css

I also like the ModuleSetting idea - keep it in the core...

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