Changing icons of the modules Current Weather and Weather Forecast

[Manu85]

@sdetweil
I do what you tell me, but I must admit that I’m lost :-) I actually saw the “current” in the lines so that means that the icon is in the custom css, it’s that right? if so why can’t I manage it? you are too strong

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 so close…

you have to click on the element with the icon name

here you have to expand the span element (gold box)
(the one you expanded below the gold box only has text in it, not an icon)

[Manu85]

@sdetweil
there, am I on it? I’m going to get there, I’m going to get there !!!

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 now in the second column of the dev windows you can see the icon info and where it came from, custom.css

[Manu85]

@sdetweil I try to move forward on the folder, I changed the destination folder for the “current” part by directing to a folder in css/icons/animated, but nothing changes, the supported icon is that of css/icons, red square (which keeps the properties, size, positioning of weather) I have the impression that “css/icons/animated” is not supported, green square, I think I am not far from the solution, but without your help I don’t think I’ll get there

[Manu85]

@sdetweil Thanks to you, I finally managed to configure the weather module with animated icons, I finally understood the advantages and the settings possible with the console (ctrl+shift+i) it also allowed me to make other settings on other modules, it’s been 5 years since I did this MM and I learned more with you in 3 days than in 5 years, a big thank you for your help

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 awesome!! glad you got it.

that dev window is amazing for what you can discover and try

[manu85340]

@sdetweil
I will actually look precisely at the possibilities of this window, a thousand thanks Sam

[sdetweil]

@manu85340 the top right window allows you to set styles on the selected element

any style supported by the browser… color, font, icon, padding, border, you name it…

so, you can test out the effect you want and then copy/paste those to the entry for custom.css

one other learning thing…

in css

the stuff before the {
is called the selector clause… it ‘selects’ the elements that that the stuff INSIDE the {} will apply to…

the selector clause will ALWAYS select ALL elements that match , ALWAYS ALL

but you can make it very selective…, it can be quite complex…

here I want to hide (display :none) an element generated by a library I used
that didn’t apply to the output it generated

.possibly-hidden-tab div:nth-child(2)  > div > div >div >ul >li:only-child >a[rel*="Item%201"] {
  display: none;
}

I use this page to help me with the selector clause possibilities and syntax
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.php

sometimes it helps to look at the selector clause from right to left , what element is it, and how does it fit in the content its in.

this selector clause is trying to find an <a (action/link) element with a title of “Item 1”

[Manu85]

@sdetweil It’s really nice of you to share all these elements, I’m going to look at it while taking my time, I feel like the possibilities are endless

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 no rush… just wanted to give you some base info to use as you explore.

also from the MM doc on css
https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/customcss.html#target-a-specific-module

target and select mean the same

[Manu85]

@sdetweil :folded_hands:

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 oh, and html stuff is a lot to know… (I think I know maybe 5%)
https://www.w3schools.com/html/

that top box in the developers window elements tab will start dropdowns of selection choices when u start typing

[Manu85]

@sdetweil
you made me want to do a lot of things, but I think I’m going to be limited very quickly… I have the “MMM-ISS-Live” module, from [Mykle1](https://github.com/ Mykle1), updated by KristjanESPERANTO https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-ISS-Live which is really great (force to them) and I would like to know if it was possible to add a module with the position of the 'ISS on the planisphere to have the position of the ISS live as on the ESA website: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/International_Space_Station/Where_is_the_International_Space_Station

I don’t know if I’m posting on the right subject but it’s a development that could interest a lot of people

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[sdetweil]

@Manu85 is it possible… sure…

and as that image is already an iframe you can do the same thing with existing modules
the web content of that page contains(using the dev window to look at the html source of that page)

<p>&nbsp;</p><iframe src="https://isstracker.spaceflight.esa.int/" width="625" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe>

SO, you can use one of the iframe modules… to use that same link from the src=

see the 3rd party module list
https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-Party-Modules

[Manu85]

@sdetweil you are a genius, how did you manage to recover the ifram
“https://isstracker.spaceflight.esa.int/”?

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 I viewed the page, then right clicked and selected ‘View Page Source’

which got me this (I have scrolled down a little)

and you can look at the real page and see the text and follow along to find the spot where the image would be… and boom, its in an iframe

and then copy the url out…

[Manu85]

@sdetweil I think I started to understand, like that?

[sdetweil]

@Manu85 using the dev window is another way, yes
and if you had used the pointer to hover over the image, it would have taken you directly to that part of the html content

[Manu85]

@sdetweil This means that by using existing modules I can change some properties to adapt them to my needs, for example if I use the ISS live module if I change the address in the module’s js can it work?