Thank you both so much for your swift and extremely helpful responses. I've pretty much resolved both issues (apart from a hierarchical clash of rules which has got me beaten for today). I stupidly thought Firebug was just about API stuff rather than CSS so hadn't checked it out despite the strong advice on this forum. I appreciate your patience with a novice!
Best wishes Ruth On Aug 27, 6:33 pm, Adam Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, what he said :) (I was just typing a similar, though much less > eloquent, response) > > If you have trouble finding the classes for these particular items, > try: > .gs-error-result > .gsc-cursor-page > .gsc-cursor-current-page > > Cheers! > Adam > > On Aug 27, 10:26 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You can easily find the selectors you need by utilizing the Firebug add-on > > for Firefox. Once you have that installed, simply place your mouse pointer > > over the element in question, right-click (Ctrl-click on a Mac), and choose > > "Inspect Element" in the context menu. Firebug will open, and will display > > information regarding that element. On the left side, you will see where it > > is found in the document tree. On the right, you will most likely find a > > box with all of the CSS rules that apply to it, including the selectors > > that were used to declare the rules and where they are found in the various > > stylesheets that have been applies. > > > By the way, Firebug is useful for a lot more than this, too. So I would > > strongly recommend that, if you don't have it already, you install it right > > away. > > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > > Effective website design & development > > Des Moines, IA > > > For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > > [email protected] > > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > > Church! > > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Ruth wrote: > > > > I'm trying to adapt the stylesheet for Google's Minimalist Custom > > > Search theme in order to change it from black text on white background > > > to white text on a black background. > > > > I've copied the stylesheet hosted > > > athttp://www.google.com/cse/style/look/minimalist.css > > > and have amended it fairly successfully, but I am having difficulty > > > identifying the classes which control the look of two items. > > > > 1) The No Results box which appears when there are no matches is a > > > pale salmon pink colour and the text in it has disappeared as it now > > > the default white font. > > > > 2) The non-active page selectors (i.e. page numbers) at the bottom of > > > the results have disappeared because of the change of the background > > > colour. > > > > Could anyone tell me the names of the classes which control these two > > > areas or point me to a full list of the classes used in Custom Search > > > please? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Ruth > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
