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      ember1205 @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil

      In custom.css, this does not work:

      .module.calendar {
        background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
        border-radius:8px;
        padding:8px;
      }
      

      Also, in custom.css, this DOES work:

      .module.currentweather {
        background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
        border-radius:8px;
        padding:8px;
      }
      
      .module.weatherforecast {
        background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
        border-radius:8px;
        padding:8px;
      }
      
      .module.clock {
        background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
        border-radius:8px;
        padding:8px;
      }
      
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        ember1205 @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil What does “not the world module” mean? Just seeing that now, and not following…

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          sdetweil @ember1205
          last edited by

          @ember1205 like this custom.css

          body {
          }
          .currentweather {
            background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
            border-radius:8px;
            padding:8px;
          }
          
          .weatherforecast {
            background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
            border-radius:8px;
            padding:8px;
          }
          
          .clock {
            background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
            border-radius:8px;
            padding:8px;
          }
          

          you don’t do

          .module.clock
          

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            sdetweil @sdetweil
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            @ember1205 and to change the color of the DATE of the digital clock (which uses the date class)

            .clock .date {
               color: green;
            }
            

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              ember1205 @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil

              Ok. I will look into making those changes and see if I can get it working the way that I want.

              Why does “module.currentweather” work fine, though (along with the others that I mentioned)? CSS has always been a weak spot for me…

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                sdetweil @ember1205
                last edited by

                @ember1205 said in Calendar Doesn't Honor custom.css for Background:

                Why does “module.currentweather” work fine

                no idea… css is my weakest skill

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  ember1205 @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil

                  Calendar still does not pick up any CSS controls from the main custom.css file. Here is a snippet of what I added:

                  .calendar {
                    background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
                    border-radius:8px;
                    padding:8px;
                  }
                  

                  I modified the other sections to look like this:

                  .module.clock {
                    background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
                    border-radius:8px;
                    padding:8px;
                  }
                  
                  .module.currentweather {
                    background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
                    border-radius:8px;
                    padding:8px;
                  }
                  
                  .module.weatherforecast {
                    background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
                    border-radius:8px;
                    padding:8px;
                  }
                  

                  They work fine “either way”. Calendar refuses to pick up the formatting from the custom.css file it seems and I have to put the controls into the calendar.css file in the module’s directory.

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                    sdetweil @ember1205
                    last edited by

                    @ember1205 hm… custom.css should override everything… it is loaded last

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      sdetweil @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @ember1205

                      hm…

                      .calendar .title {
                          color: blue;
                      } 
                      

                      works for me
                      from the readme

                      | `titleClass`          | Add a class to the title's cell.
                      | `timeClass`           | Add a class to the time's cell.
                      

                      one not documented is the ‘symbolClass’

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        sdetweil @sdetweil
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @ember1205 part of the other problem is calendar doesn’t have a cohesive background element… it has table rows of elements…

                        but there is a tableClass setting, which you can use in config.js to force a particular class
                        but you HAVE to do this, else no special class is applied

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                          ember1205 @sdetweil
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                          @sdetweil

                          I found and fixed it (sort of). I had added content to my custom.css file to create a blurred background image as I was experimenting with some display options. I commented that content out (or so I thought) and placed all of these controls “after” that section in the custom.css file.

                          Through a variety of changes that I was making to try and track this down, I noticed through viewing the Developer options with a real browser and looking at the elements that whatever section came first after my blurred background section wasn’t being picked up. As I rolled the changes down to the bottom, I was seeing different sections stop working.

                          Seems to be all fixed now, and is clearly not a bug in the product but was a bug in my custom.css content. After deleting the content, all is displaying properly.

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                            sdetweil @ember1205
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                            @ember1205 so, this custom.css works

                             body {
                             	
                             }
                            
                            
                            .clock .date {
                            	color: green;
                            }
                            .calendar .title { 
                            color : blue;
                            }
                            
                            .calendar .fribble {
                              background-color:rgba(32,32,32,0.6);
                              border-radius:8px;
                              padding:8px;
                            }
                            

                            with

                             module: "calendar",
                            config: { 
                               tableClass:"fribble"
                            }
                            

                            Sam

                            How to add modules

                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                              sdetweil @ember1205
                              last edited by

                              @ember1205 said in Calendar Doesn't Honor custom.css for Background:

                              the Developer options with a real browser

                              electron is a real browser, so you can do this ON the mirror,
                              or from your desktop if the config parms allow remote system access.

                              I always forget that I can use local browser to view developer window

                              Sam

                              How to add modules

                              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                ember1205 @sdetweil
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                                @sdetweil said in Calendar Doesn't Honor custom.css for Background:

                                @ember1205 said in Calendar Doesn't Honor custom.css for Background:

                                the Developer options with a real browser

                                electron is a real browser, so you can do this ON the mirror,
                                or from your desktop if the config parms allow remote system access.

                                I always forget that I can use local browser to view developer window

                                Now that you mention it, I have used the developer options directly on the appliance and should have remembered that. Thanks for the reminder!

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