CSS elements in PatternSkin
This page is a reference for all CSS classes used in
PatternSkin.
PatternSkin uses 4 stylesheets:
- layout.css: positioning of block elements on the page
- style.css: margins, paddings, borders, font sizes
- colors.css: text colors, background colors, border colors
- print.css: optimalizations for printed page
If you want to learn how to create your own look or skin based on PatternSkin, read further in
PatternSkin.
Naming conventions
- All PatternSkin specific classes have the prefix
pattern: patternEditPage, patternTopicAction, etcetera.
- TWiki specific classes (emitted by the TWiki engine) have the prefix
twiki: twikiButton, twikiToc, etcetera. See for a complete list TWikiCss.
Namespaces
PatternSkin uses namespaces for templates, by adding one (sometimes two - multiple) class names to the template's body tag.
- The body tag in view.pattern.tmpl for instance has the class name "patternViewPage":
<body class="patternViewPage">. All CSS elements specific to the view template thus can be defined as .patternViewPage .someClassName.
- All templates that are not the view template have the body class name "patternNoViewPage". That makes it easy to give all of these pages a different layout in one sweep (smaller or wider margins for instance). Template edit.pattern.tmpl uses
<body class="patternNoViewPage patternEditPage">.
Page type classes
- .patternViewPage
- .patternViewPage .patternPrintPage
- .patternNoViewPage
- .patternNoViewPage .patternEditPage
- .patternNoViewPage .patternAttachPage
- .patternNoViewPage .patternChangeFormPage
- .patternNoViewPage .patternDiffPage
- .patternNoViewPage .patternRenamePage
- .patternSearchResultsPage
- .patternPlainPage (view.plain.pattern.tmpl)
Layout classes
- Main layout elements
- #patternScreen - holder of patternPageShadow and patternBottomBar
- #patternPageShadow - shadow border around patternPage; default not used
- #patternPage - html content container
- #patternColumnWrapper - holder for patternMain and patternLeftbar
- #patternMain - holder of patternMainContents
- #patternTopBar - top bar area
- .patternTopBarContents - table (for easy vertical alignment) for header art / logo; contains topic WebTopBar
- #patternLeftBar - left bar area
- .patternLeftBarContents - used for left menu
- #patternBottomBar - bottom bar area
- .patternBottomBarContents - copyright
Style classes
- View
- .patternMainContents - holder of patternTop, patternTopic, twikiForm, twikiAttachments, etc.
- .patternContent - container around .patternTopic in view.pattern.tmpl only; to be able to give .twikiAttachments and .twikiForm a different appearance when they are not enclosed by it, for example the personal data form on the user pages (where the user form is positioned outside, above the topic text)
- .patternTopBarLogo - logo position in patternTopBar (topic WebTopBar)
- .patternTopBarOverlay - striped white image background
- .patternTopic - TWiki topic text
- .patternTop - area at top of topic text, with patternHomePath, revision and action buttons
- .patternTopicAction - container for .patternActionButtons
- .patternActionButtons - action buttons at bottom of page
- .patternMoved - topic moved info (only visible when the topic has changed name or web)
- .patternWebIndicator - not used
- .patternFormHolder - container around form to manage the size of form elements
- .patternLeftBarPersonal - block of personal links (included topic %MAINWEB%.%USERNAME%LeftBar)
- .patternVersatileTable - table used in various places (Attach, Rename, Changeform)
- .patternVersatileTable .patternMainCol - table column that is the most important part of the table
- .patternVersatileTable .patternOldCol - table column with 'old' appearance, for instance the old attachment or the old topic name
- .patternVersatileTable .patternHelpCol - table column with help texts
- .patternHomePath - breadcrumb at top
- .patternHomePathTitle - "You are here" text
- .patternRevInfo - revision info and author name
- .patternToolBar - holder for .patternToolBarButtons
- .patternToolBarButtons - action buttons at top of page
- .patternToolBarBottom - seperator
- .patternSimpleLogo - logo used on 'simple' pages like the login screen
- .patternFormFieldVerticalForm - input field in vertically formatted form
- Edit
- .patternSig - signature copy box
- .patternSaveOptions - holder for .patternSaveOptionsContents
- .patternSaveOptionsContents - checkboxes that change the state of a topic save; for instance "Force revision" checkbox
- .patternAccessKeyInfo - info block with access key information
- Preview page
- .patternPreviewArea - container around preview of .patternTopic
- Attach page
- .patternPrevious - attachment table of previous versions
- .patternMoveAttachment - container for "Move or Delete attachment"
- Rename (rename, move, delete)
- patternRenameOptionsList - list of topics that can be updated
- More
- patternDiffOptions - row of revision options under "Compare revisions"
- Search results
- .patternSearchResultsHeader
- .patternSearchString
- .patternSearchResults
- .patternSearchResultCount
- .patternSearchResultsBegin - for changes template with noheader="on"
- .patternBookViewList
- Print
- .patternTopicFooter - revision and author info at bottom of printed topic
- WebLeftBarSearch
- .patternFormSpacer - for layout purposes
- .patternFormField
- .patternFormButton
- .patternChangeLanguage - change language button
Layout per template
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