Topic: Dangerous Marsupial Page Index

[Antechinus]

Link to Mod

This mod replaces the default page index with an HTML select (or dropdown, if you prefer).
It also has next page and previous page buttons built in, each side of the select.
The mod comes with CSS to support RTL languages.


Changelog

v.1.0.2 - 14/2/2020 - Incorporated Bugo's suggestions of cache cleaning code in install.xml, and removing fixed width from CSS for .subject .antPages_select (small selects on message index).

[Rock Lee]

It seems very good I will try it on a test site I have, great job!


Regards!

[Antechinus]

I thought it was a sensible idea. I actually coded the thing literally years ago, but for some reason had never got around to submitting it.

[Bugo]

Please, add this line to <install> section in package-info.xml:

Code: [Select]

<code type="inline">clean_cache();</code>
It will help to clean cache after the mod installing (to avoid doing this manually).

In addition, on the topic list page (MessageIndex), I noticed that when long words are using (i.e., "Страница" instead of "Page"), the right page select is not displayed completely. See my screenshot below. Removing the "width" property (".subject .antPages_select" rule in index.css) fixes the problem.

In any case, this mod is classy. Big thanks

[vbgamer45]

Please, add this line to <install> section in package-info.xml:

Code: [Select]

<code type="inline">clean_cache();</code>
It will help to clean cache after the mod installing (to avoid doing this manually).

Wow that is a good idea. Should that be in SMF by default? every-time  a mod is installed?

[Antechinus]

Please, add this line to <install> section in package-info.xml:

Code: [Select]

<code type="inline">clean_cache();</code>
It will help to clean cache after the mod installing (to avoid doing this manually).

You mean like this?

Code: [Select]

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE package-info SYSTEM "http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/package-info">
<package-info xmlns="http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/package-info" xmlns:smf="http://www.simplemachines.org/">
<id>Antechinus:Dangerous_Marsupial_Page_Index</id>
<name>Dangerous Marsupial Page Index</name>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<type>modification</type>
<install for="2.0, 2.0.1 -2.0.99">
<modification format="xml" type="file">Dangerous_Marsupial_Page_Index.xml</modification>
<readme parsebbc="true">readme.txt</readme>
<code type="inline">clean_cache();</code>
</install>
Ok, cool. will do.

In addition, on the topic list page (MessageIndex), I noticed that when long words are using (i.e., "%u0421%u0442%u0440%u0430%u043D%u0438%u0446%u0430" instead of "Page"), the right page select is not displayed completely. See my screenshot below. Removing the "width" property (".subject .antPages_select" rule in index.css) fixes the problem.

Now there's a point. Come to think of it, I'm not sure why I set a fixed width there anyway. I'll change it now.

ETA: Aha! I just remembered. I was using the fixed width on local to hide the "of 26" text after the "Page 1", to make the default display more compact on the message index. I just thought it looked neater like that. But sure, I can see it causing problems with other languages.

What I'll do is remove the width in the default CSS, and add a comment there suggesting that people can tweak the display themselves for their preferred language if they want to. Which still won't be a perfect solution for multi-language sites, but anyone who is really keen can always run a browser extension like Stylem.

ETA: Ok, done. Version 1.0.2 uploaded.