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      Rags @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil dev window 2023-04-26_17-35-29.png
      Obviously i am doing something wrong.
      I am unable to get to the style even when newsfeed element is highlighted. Or, the style is picking up from main.css and changing anything here will impact all styles.

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        sdetweil @Rags
        last edited by sdetweil

        @Rags you are in the script section, not the body , click body, bottom left
        use the arrow top right to select the part of the MM screen (it will highlight as u move over it)

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          Rags @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil nf22023-04-26_19-20-40.png

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            sdetweil @Rags
            last edited by sdetweil

            @Rags expand the module_content element

            u are not selecting the title to view

            set the module refresh time to 60 seconds (updateInterval:60000) in config.js while you fiddle with the css

            I added a custom.css entry

            .newsfeed .newsfeed-title {
               font-size: 30px;
            }
            

            you can see it was used here
            and the style medium (strikethru) has been overridden by something with font-size higher up.
            Screenshot at 2023-04-26 09-15-05.png

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              Rags @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil i am sorry but i am unable to follow correctly what u are advising. However, the HTML code does not seem to contain the newsfeed title descrp. nf32023-04-26_20-53-20.png
              i think i selected the module content to expand, and i also changed the custom.css entry as suggested. The style display window is not showing the newsfeed entry. I am again not sure if i am doing the right thing. Anyways i am learning as we go.
              On second thoughts the process of changing the font size is so tedious (as it seems to me now), I wonder if there is an alternate way.

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                sdetweil @Rags
                last edited by sdetweil

                @Rags but you didn’t select the actual content (note that it is replaced every updateInterval time cycle… )

                forum image.png

                if u aren’t looking at the actual element, then you won’t see its classes and styles…

                sometimes this is tedious work.

                here is an updated image with the areas selected in white,
                highlighted content (left screen)
                expanded document w selected content (middle)
                class tree (right)

                and I used the mouse pointer (pink) to allow highlight and click on the newsfeed title

                and you can test type the styles in the top box, (green) , to make sure they are right, before you copy/paste that section to the custom.css

                Screenshot at 2023-04-26 10-49-19.png

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  Rags @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil nf4.png
                  After struggling, this is what i managed to take a screenshot of. It does not show the styles of the selected content in the dev screen.

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                    MMRIZE @Rags
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                    @Rags
                    It means your CSS(probably custom.css) is not applied.

                    The reasons might be;

                    • Fail to load custom.css (invalid file name or location)
                    • Syntax error in your custom.css

                    I can see the red circled X mark in your console. You can check it in Console tab(right of Elements tab) or click that mark directly.

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                      MMRIZE @Rags
                      last edited by MMRIZE

                      @Rags

                      To make things simple;

                      1. All other modules except newsfeed, remove or disable them. (It seems you have more than 28 modules currently)
                      {
                        disabled: true, // <-- toggle the module disabled/enabled
                        module: "weather",
                        position: "top_right",
                        ...
                      
                      1. Return to custom.css to the original, or remove all its contents.

                      2. Now, I’ll assume you have a clean CSS.

                      3. Then just add this into your custom.css and save it.

                      .newsfeed .newsfeed-title {
                        font-size: 60px;
                      }
                      
                      .newsfeed .newsfeed-source {
                        font-size: 40px;
                      }
                      
                      1. Let’s see what happens when MM runs.
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                        sdetweil @Rags
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @Rags using your image, marked up for color

                        forum2.png

                        the styles tree pane (right side, orange) shows info for only ONE element at a time

                        look at the bottom row of the element tree pane(left side, blue), right edge, says u have the module-content element selected (purple), not the newsfeed-title element(green)

                        because the module replaces it’s content every updateInterval cycle, the developers window will reselect the first element not replaced if your selected element disappears

                        that’s why I said set the interval to 60 seconds to give u time to look and change

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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