XWiki CSS Files
CSS Files
This page helps you to understand the different css files used in XWiki, their purpose and content. XWiki skins use several css files to separe the different components of the skin: basic elements, layout, colors, etc. Check this page to learn about XWiki layout.
Core files
style.css
Is the top level style file. It's purpose is to include all the other files. It shouldn't have any other css in there. It looks like that :
@import "colorsblack.css";
@import "elements.css";
@import "presentation.css";
@import "screenlayout.css";
...
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elements.css
This stylesheet is intended to provide general design rules regarding the html elements. For example, default font size and family for headings, underline for links, etc. You can get a blank version of this stylesheet at this address. It should not provide color properties. It looks like that :
margin: 0;
padding: 0em;
font-size: 90.01%;
line-height: 1.25em;
background: white;
color: black;
font-family: "Arial", "Lucida", "Trebuchet MS", "Luxi Sans", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: 1.33em;
margin: 0.89em 0;
}
ul {
margin: 1em 0;
padding: 0 0 0 2.5em;
}
...
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classes.css
Like elements.css, but formats elements having a similar semantic meaning (after all, a class should have a semantic name, and not a random id). As examples, .underline, .hidden, .sep, wikicreatelink, or .heading-1-1. This should only contain general classes, for specific elements see presentation.css. It looks like that :
display: none;
}
.clear, .clearfloats {
clear: both;
}
.none, .hidden {
display: none;
}
...
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screenlayout.css
The place where the general layout of the interface is specified. This file should contain rules regarding position, dimension and display mode for the major elements of the interface (header, side panels, menu, footer...).
width: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 ;
min-width: 760px;
}
.minwidth, .minwidthb, .minwidthc{
width: 720px;
height: 0px;
}
.minwidthc{
width: 438px;
}
...
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presentation.css
Refinement of screenlayout.css. This is where borders, margins, paddings are set, font styling for objects not in elements.css or classes.css, along with some specific elements of the layout which are not affecting the general layout (where is the profile picture displayed, how is the comment auther displayed, etc.).
.main-content {
margin: 0.5em;
}
...
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colors*.css
Is the place where the skin gets painted. Without this file, the skin should be black and white only (except the blue links). Font color, background, border color.
color: #369;
}
ul.xwikiintra{
border-bottom-color: #DDD;
background-color: #EEE;
}
...
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Special purpose files
rss.css
A few rules to format how profile rss is displayed. \
microformats.css
Stylesheet to format the different microformats-enabled pages (user profile, blog, calendar...). \
chwSkin.css
Formatting for the Chart Wizard. \
tdwSkin.css
Formatting of the Table Datasource Wizard (part of Chart Wizard). \
print.css
Formatting for the @media print. \
Deprecated (soon to be removed)
wiki.css
It was supposed to format wiki generated syntax, like .wikilink and .heading-1-1. \
xwiki.css
It was one of the few files holding css (stage 1). \
ie.css
Some old hacks to make the default skin work in IE too. \
styel1/2/3.css
Variants of the 'default' skin, with green, pink and yellow colors. \
temp.css
Used for some tests. \
Possibly usable files
if somebody makes the skin wizard
customlayout.css
A dynamic version of screenlayout.css, using properties defined in a skin object. Should be parsed by velocity. \
customcolors.css
Same, but for colors. \
