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HOW TO Find what Stylevar you need to edit
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16 Dec 2009
Loads of people are having problems finding which stylevar they need for a certain element. Here's an easy way to get you started in the world of css. You will need:
&stc=1&d=1260964987 Then, using your mouse, hover over the part of your site you want to edit, and all the CSS values attributed to it will appear in the bottom right hand corner: &stc=1&d=1260964987 The underline is the classes/ids that are affecting said element, from these you can derive the name of the style var. In the example we can see the class is ".navtabs li a.navtab:hover", which gives us a clue we're looking for some sort of "tab" variable. We have to use common sense and look in the "navbar" section of the stylevar manager, and we can see there a few variables called "navbar_tab". If you still can't find the stylevar you need, you can also copy the id from the firebug panel - .navtabs li a.navtab:hover - and go to Search in Templates. That will bring up the css template where it is defined - vbulletin-chrome.css in this case. Click on the template to Edit and then click on Find (the words you searched for will already be entered in the Search box). You will then see exactly what stylevars define that class (in case it isn't obvious): Code:
.navtabs li a.navtab:hover {
background:{vb:stylevar navbar_tab_selected_background} 0 -{vb:stylevar navbar_tab_selected_top_width}px;
_background-image:none;
/*color:{vb:stylevar linkhover_color};*/
color:{vb:stylevar navbar_tab_linkhover_color};
}
&stc=1&d=1260964987 In this example (below) we can see the CSS name for this bit of the forum is called ".threadbit .alt", so look in the threadbit section in the stylevars and voila! You should see alternating colour in there. &stc=1&d=1260964987 This obviously won't plainly point out the variables all the time, but it's a step in the right direction. You can also check you're editing the right variable by checking if the values you see in firebug reflect the variables in the admincp. Handy Hints:
 Cheers to Lynne for noting that you can search for the CSS classes/ids in Search In Templates |