Wiki source code of Special CSS Classes
Version 12.2 by Simon Urli on 2023/10/10
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4.3 | 1 | XWiki has some special classes that are used in certain conditions to assure consistency and enhance functionality. The following classes are defined at least starting with [[the Colibri Skin>>extensions:Extension.Colibri Skin]]: |
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4.2 | 3 | {{toc/}} |
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7.2 | 5 | = A. General classes = |
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| 7 | * **##.hidden##** | ||
| 8 | use to 'display: none' elements | ||
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| 10 | * **##.invisible##** | ||
| 11 | use to 'visibility: hidden' elements | ||
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| 13 | * **##.clearfloats##** | ||
| 14 | use to clear floats when using floated containers, in order to keep the parent's layout correct | ||
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| 16 | * **##.separator##** | ||
| 17 | use to contain separators ( {{html}}·{{/html}} , | ) | ||
| 18 | used in #document-info and blog .entry-footer | ||
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| 20 | * **##.itemCount##** | ||
| 21 | use to contain numeric values that describe quantitative information about an item | ||
| 22 | used in #docExtraTabs, #document-info, .blog-category-level | ||
| 23 | example: Comments (1) | ||
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4.2 | 25 | * **##.noitems##** |
| 26 | use to contain empty state messages | ||
| 27 | used in #docextrapanes | ||
| 28 | example: 'No comments for this document', 'No attachments for this document' | ||
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1.1 | 30 | * **##.icon##** |
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12.2 | 31 | use for icon buttons ([[example>>xwiki:Documentation.DevGuide.FrontendResources.StandardIconClasses||anchor="iconClass"]]) |
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1.1 | 32 | used in .icon.rss in 'Quick Links' panel |
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3.1 | 34 | * **##.hasIcon##** |
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12.2 | 35 | use for elements that also have a background-icon attached ([[example>>xwiki:Documentation.DevGuide.FrontendResources.StandardIconClasses||anchor="hasIconClass"]]) |
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3.1 | 36 | works in pair with other classes that specify the icon that will be used (ex: .iconRSS, .tmEdit, .etc) |
| 37 | used in menus | ||
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1.1 | 39 | * **##.loading##** |
| 40 | sets an animated GIF as being the background image (center aligned) of the element | ||
| 41 | generally used on Ajax requests in order to express the loading status | ||
| 42 | example of usage: on loading each of the Annotations, Comments, Attachments, History and Informations tabs | ||
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| 44 | * **##.column##** + (**##.full##** | **##.half##** | **##.third##**) | ||
| 45 | classes for generic (1|2|3) column layout | ||
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7.2 | 47 | = B. Classes used for Form elements = |
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7.2 | 49 | == B1. Buttons containers == |
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| 51 | * **##.buttonwrapper##** | ||
| 52 | use as an external container for buttons (required for Toucan skin) | ||
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| 54 | * **##.buttonwrapper .button##** | ||
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4.1 | 55 | use ##.button## on ##input## or ##a## elements to display as buttons |
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2.1 | 57 | * **##.secondary.button##** |
| 58 | use for secondary actions, like ##cancel## | ||
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4.1 | 60 | * **##.icon-button##** |
| 61 | ** **##.icon-button.add-button##** | ||
| 62 | ** **##.icon-button.remove-button##** | ||
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12.2 | 63 | use for small icon actions, like ##add## and ##remove## ([[example>>xwiki:Documentation.DevGuide.FrontendResources.StandardIconClasses||anchor="iconButtonClass"]]) |
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3.1 | 65 | * **##.button.disabled##** |
| 66 | use to display a button in it's disabled state | ||
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7.2 | 68 | == B2. Behavior classnames == |
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| 70 | * **##.withTip##** | ||
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11.1 | 71 | introduced in [[XWIKI-4163>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-4163]] |
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1.1 | 72 | description: automatically hides and reinserts the default text for input fields, acting as a tip. |
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8.1 | 73 | warning: will be replaced by the ##placeholder## attribute introduced in HTML5 |
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8.1 | 75 | * **##.useTitleAsTip##** |
| 76 | introduced in 5.1 Milestone 1 | ||
| 77 | description: when ##.withTip## is applied, use the value of the title attribute as the tip (i.e. the text displayed in the text input when it's empty); this is useful when the initial value of the text input is different than the tip (place-holder), e.g. a search input might have as initial value the submitted search query, but you still want to display a tip when the user clears the query. | ||
| 78 | warning: will be replaced by the ##placeholder## attribute introduced in HTML5 | ||
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1.1 | 80 | * **##.suggestDocuments##** |
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11.1 | 81 | introduced in [[XWIKI-5301>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5301]] |
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1.1 | 82 | description: all input fields with classname suggestDocuments will receive an autocomplete control suggesting document names. |
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| 84 | * **##.suggestSpaces##** | ||
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11.1 | 85 | introduced in [[XWIKI-5657>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5657]] (XWiki 2.6 RC2) |
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1.1 | 86 | description: all input fields with classname suggestSpaces will receive an autocomplete control suggesting space names. |
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12.1 | 88 | * --**##.suggestUsers##**-- |
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11.1 | 89 | introduced in [[XWIKI-5649>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5649]] (XWiki 2.6 RC2) |
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12.1 | 90 | {{warning}}deprecated since XWiki 10.6RC1, use ##suggest-users## instead{{/warning}} |
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7.2 | 91 | description: all input fields with classname suggestUsers will receive an autocomplete control suggesting document names of documents that contains user objects |
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12.1 | 93 | * --**##.suggestGroups##**-- |
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7.2 | 94 | introduced in [[XWIKI-5649>>ttp://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5649]] (XWiki 2.6 RC2) |
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12.1 | 95 | {{warning}}deprecated since XWiki 10.6RC1, use ##suggest-groups## instead{{/warning}} |
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7.2 | 96 | description: all input fields with classname suggestGroups will receive an autocomplete control suggesting document names of documents that contains group objects |
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1.1 | 97 | |
| 98 | * **##.suggested##** | ||
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7.2 | 99 | description: blocks normal browser autocomplete and initializes the suggest object early instead of waiting for the field to be focused (if the suggests is declared on focus). |
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| 101 | * **##.maximizable##** | ||
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11.1 | 102 | introduced in [[XWIKI-5660>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5660]] (XWiki 2.6 RC2) description: offers a link for users to maximize the element on which this classname is applied, |
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7.2 | 103 | making it possible to view that element in fullscreen mode. |
| 104 | {{warning}}Needs to be used together with a skinx call to the ##uicomponents/widgets/fullScreen.js## script{{/warning}} | ||
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1.1 | 105 | |
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9.1 | 106 | = Classes for the responsiveness = |
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10.1 | 107 | |
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9.1 | 108 | With [[Flamingo>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Skin]], you can use [[Bootstrap classes>>http://getbootstrap.com/]] plus some XWiki specific classes: |
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| 110 | * **##.responsive-table##** | ||
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11.1 | 111 | introduced in [[XWIKI-11576>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11576]] (XWiki 6.4M2 & 6.2.5) description: make a table responsible to the screen-size. To use it, just add the ".responsive-table" class to you table, be sure you have proper <thead> and <tbody> tags in it, and put the title of the each column in the "data-title" attribute of every cell. |
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10.1 | 112 | Example:((( |
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9.1 | 113 | {{code language="html"}} |
| 114 | <table class="responsive-table"> | ||
| 115 | <thead> | ||
| 116 | <tr> | ||
| 117 | <th>Name</th> | ||
| 118 | <th>Age</th> | ||
| 119 | </tr> | ||
| 120 | </thead> | ||
| 121 | <tbody> | ||
| 122 | <tr> | ||
| 123 | <td data-title="Name">John Smith</td> | ||
| 124 | <td data-title="Age">42</td> | ||
| 125 | </tr> | ||
| 126 | </tbody> | ||
| 127 | </table> | ||
| 128 | {{/code}} | ||
| 129 | ))) | ||
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7.2 | 131 | = Further References = |
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| 133 | * XWiki's structure is defined in templates that generate specific layout classes (.main, #mainContentArea, etc) | ||
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12.2 | 134 | ** [[XWiki CSS Layout>>xwiki:Documentation.DevGuide.Tutorials.Skins.CSSLayout]] //(outdated)// |
| 135 | * XWiki provides by default a [[list of Skins>>xwiki:Documentation.UserGuide.Features.Skins]], each with its own characteristics | ||
| 136 | ** [[XWiki Albatross CSS Files>>xwiki:Documentation.DevGuide.Tutorials.Skins.CSS files]] //(deprecated)// | ||
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1.1 | 137 | |
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7.2 | 138 | = Special CSS Classes = |
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| 140 | * When writing CSS code for XWiki there are some [[code style rules>>dev:Community.XhtmlCssCodeStyle]] that need to be followed in order to assure consistency and quality. |
