Novice, My code example was An edit of the $:/ControlPanel to show how to wrap the whole set of tabs;
However now you illustrated the exact location I will look for an answer, and others may know. Regards Tones On Monday, 9 November 2020 12:59:54 UTC+11, Tiddly Novice wrote: > > Sorry about not describing things properly, I've been having a lot of > trouble thinking clearly lately. Here's a picture that hopefully points out > the areas I'm trying to affect. I'm trying to have the tab content area > have the same background colors, but there's these areas on the sides that > aren't being affected by what the transcluded tiddler has for settings. I > guess what might work would be to remove whatever the gap is? Is that what > padding and margin is for tabs? I'm also trying to have the tab content > area have a border on all sides. How would I define a stylesheet for that? > Also, how do I use the code you posted? > > On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 5:00:33 PM UTC-8 TW Tones wrote: > >> Novice, >> >> One of the first things I want to remind you is the tabs macro is a >> provide macro, and it does a lot and suits most people. If you want to do a >> lot of customisation you should consider cloning the built in tabs macro >> and modify it as you see fit. >> >> Perhaps an image to illustrate *"this weird space between the tabs and >> the tab area box and that is not the look I'm after"* would help. >> >> Remember the tabs macro is in a tiddler, within this tiddler you can >> control how things appear. You could wrap the whole tabs macro in a html >> div with a style or class applied. Or in some cases a div is allready >> present; see How I modified $:/ControlPanel >> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#%24%3A%2FControlPanel> below,Then change the >> margin and padding values >> >> <div class="tc-control-panel" style="border: 5px solid green; padding: >> 50px; margin: 20px;"> >> <<tabs "[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/ControlPanel]!has[draft.of]]" >> "$:/core/ui/ControlPanel/Info">> >> </div> >> >> Tones >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, 9 November 2020 11:38:12 UTC+11, Tiddly Novice wrote: >>> >>> Actually, I take back my nevermind since I still can't figure out how to >>> control the background of the entire tab box area. Merely changinge the >>> background of the contents of any transcluded tiddlers seems to leave this >>> weird space between the tabs and the tab area box and that is not the look >>> I'm after. Also, how do I add a full border surrounding the area of the tab >>> box? (Please forgive me if the answer is obvious. The only GUI design class >>> I've ever had was "Intro to Visual Basic".) >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 1:08:24 PM UTC-8 Tiddly Novice wrote: >>> >>>> Nevermind, it turns out that the tiddler being transcluded by the tab >>>> is what controls the background colors. Which is actually really >>>> convenient. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 7:04:07 PM UTC-8 Tiddly Novice wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there a way to change the background color and border color for >>>>> just the contents area of a tabs widget? And for bonus points: is there a >>>>> way to change the contents area styles based on what tab is open or what >>>>> tiddler is being transcluded by the currently open tab? >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ec727851-0e62-4886-b152-a72ac75d32dco%40googlegroups.com.
