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    sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
    last edited by Aug 10, 2021, 10:28 PM

    @ankonaskiff17 ignore what other apps do… MM is primative

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

    A 1 Reply Last reply Aug 10, 2021, 10:42 PM Reply Quote 0
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      ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
      last edited by Aug 10, 2021, 10:42 PM

      @sdetweil I’m just saying that the file address is good as entered.
      In main.css you have

      html {
        cursor: none;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: var(--color-background);
        user-select: none;
        font-size: var(--font-size);
      }
      

      set for background. Is that causing issues? custom.css should override that, shouldn’t it?

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        sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
        last edited by Aug 10, 2021, 10:45 PM

        @ankonaskiff17 where is your background set… body, there is an z-order too…

        i use fullscreen_background position for my background images

        if u look at the developer window elements tab to find your background, where is in the the css stack?

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

        A 1 Reply Last reply Aug 10, 2021, 11:38 PM Reply Quote 0
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          ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
          last edited by Aug 10, 2021, 11:38 PM

          @sdetweil Right at the top just below html. The way I understand is that it will load html first, then body. My html is an abbreviated version of main.css html

          custom.css

          Screenshot 2021-08-10 custom.jpg

          main.css

          Screenshot 2021-08-10 main.jpg

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            sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
            last edited by Aug 10, 2021, 11:44 PM

            @ankonaskiff17 body supercedes
            html.

            u should look in the developers window, elements tab to see the actual css tree

            ctrl-shift-i, select elements tab.

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
              last edited by Aug 11, 2021, 12:19 AM

              @sdetweil I’ve been doing that.

              Screenshot 2021-08-10 201817.jpg

              S 1 Reply Last reply Aug 11, 2021, 12:57 AM Reply Quote 0
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                sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                last edited by sdetweil Aug 11, 2021, 12:57 AM Aug 11, 2021, 12:57 AM

                @ankonaskiff17 so u can turn off things with a click in front. so disable the background color

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                A 1 Reply Last reply Aug 11, 2021, 5:00 PM Reply Quote 0
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                  ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                  last edited by Aug 11, 2021, 5:00 PM

                  @sdetweil I’ve wrestled with this all morning and exhausted every combination I could imagine, I decided to try sticking a color in as shown below. Not sure if anything can be inferred if it will accept a background color but not a background image. I am ignorant of the vagaries of js but is it possible that background: var(--color-background); in is locking me i n to only color options since the default is set in

                  :root {
                  --background-color #000
                  }
                  
                  body {
                  background: red;
                  }
                  
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                    sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                    last edited by Aug 11, 2021, 5:03 PM

                    @ankonaskiff17 possibly… disable it in the dev window… uncheck it… right side, near the bottom (that is closest to main.css while top is closest to latest css.

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                      last edited by sdetweil Aug 11, 2021, 5:16 PM Aug 11, 2021, 5:15 PM

                      @ankonaskiff17 so I added a body with a background image, using the MM web server in my custom.css

                      body { 
                        background-image: url("http://localhost:8090/modules/images/testimage.jpg")
                      }
                      
                      

                      and then started MM
                      and got
                      Screenshot at 2021-08-11 12-09-23.jpg

                      u can see the two body clauses on the right, top is custom.css (if u hover over the name it tells u where it came from)

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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