Summary

Add standard CSS component classes for forms.

Review Request #10831 — Created Jan. 19, 2020 and submitted Jan. 27, 2020, 1:51 a.m.

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Description

This adds a new set of CSS component classes for defining forms in a

standard way. This consists of:


rb-c-form: The CSS class for <form> elements, providing modifiers

  for standard alignment, functions for controlling alignment, and

  classes for an action area (for buttons).


rb-c-form-fieldset: The CSS class for <fieldset> elements,

  providing modifiers for collapsed fieldsets and classes for

  descriptive and field content areas.


rb-c-form-row: The CSS class for a row of fields in a form.


rb-c-form-field: The CSS class for a field, providing standard

  styling for labels, inputs, errors, and help text, as well as

  modifiers for controlling some basic parts of the display.


It also introduces new namespaces for variables and methods, helping

other pieces of UI adopt the same styling used in forms, and to help

specialize form display. Older definitions in defs.less now make use

of these variables.
There's a few small improvements to other stylesheets to help

incorporate a form and display it correctly on mobile. For instance,

to display properly, we recommend a page using a form to use

<body class="is-content-flush-on-mobile"> and

<div class="page-content-box -is-content-flush">, and this led to a

fix needed in rb-c-content-header to display the header correctly.

The recommendations are documented in the rb-c-form component.
Upcoming changes to the administration UI will make use of these new

classes, replacing the older Django classes that used to comprise the

admin UI change forms.

Testing Done

Made use of all these styles in an upcoming change for the administration
UI. Tested on mobile and desktop mode.

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Summary	ID
Add standard CSS component classes for forms. This adds a new set of CSS component classes for defining forms in a standard way. This consists of: * `rb-c-form`: The CSS class for `<form>` elements, providing modifiers for standard alignment, functions for controlling alignment, and classes for an action area (for buttons). * `rb-c-form-fieldset`: The CSS class for `<fieldset>` elements, providing modifiers for collapsed fieldsets and classes for descriptive and field content areas. * `rb-c-form-row`: The CSS class for a row of fields in a form. * `rb-c-form-field`: The CSS class for a field, providing standard styling for labels, inputs, errors, and help text, as well as modifiers for controlling some basic parts of the display. It also introduces new namespaces for variables and methods, helping other pieces of UI adopt the same styling used in forms, and to help specialize form display. Older definitions in `defs.less` now make use of these variables. There's a few small improvements to other stylesheets to help incorporate a form and display it correctly on mobile. For instance, to display properly, we recommend a page using a form to use `<body class="is-content-flush-on-mobile">` and `<div class="page-content-box -is-content-flush">`, and this led to a fix needed in `rb-c-content-header` to display the header correctly. The recommendations are documented in the `rb-c-form` component. Upcoming changes to the administration UI will make use of these new classes, replacing the older Django classes that used to comprise the admin UI change forms.	401ff88a76f3abe002b2128ba7dfb16634b9ab6b

Summary

Add standard CSS component classes for forms.

This adds a new set of CSS component classes for defining forms in a standard way. This consists of: * `rb-c-form`: The CSS class for `<form>` elements, providing modifiers for standard alignment, functions for controlling alignment, and classes for an action area (for buttons). * `rb-c-form-fieldset`: The CSS class for `<fieldset>` elements, providing modifiers for collapsed fieldsets and classes for descriptive and field content areas. * `rb-c-form-row`: The CSS class for a row of fields in a form. * `rb-c-form-field`: The CSS class for a field, providing standard styling for labels, inputs, errors, and help text, as well as modifiers for controlling some basic parts of the display. It also introduces new namespaces for variables and methods, helping other pieces of UI adopt the same styling used in forms, and to help specialize form display. Older definitions in `defs.less` now make use of these variables. There's a few small improvements to other stylesheets to help incorporate a form and display it correctly on mobile. For instance, to display properly, we recommend a page using a form to use `<body class="is-content-flush-on-mobile">` and `<div class="page-content-box -is-content-flush">`, and this led to a fix needed in `rb-c-content-header` to display the header correctly. The recommendations are documented in the `rb-c-form` component. Upcoming changes to the administration UI will make use of these new classes, replacing the older Django classes that used to comprise the admin UI change forms.

401ff88a76f3abe002b2128ba7dfb16634b9ab6b

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Description	From	Last Updated
Where is this teal color coming from?	david	Jan. 23, 2020, 1:55 p.m.
The green help text makes things pretty visually noisy. Can we just use a dark grey?	david	Jan. 23, 2020, 2:16 p.m.

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Example form (mobile) (Revision 1)

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Where is this teal color coming from?

chipx86 Jan. 22, 2020, 9:50 p.m.

Django 1.11's icon set. Addressing that mess is a project for another day.

Example form (desktop) (Revision 1)

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The green help text makes things pretty visually noisy. Can we just use a dark grey?

chipx86 Jan. 22, 2020, 9:50 p.m.

My aim with the green was to keep all text from blurring together, being basically a shade of black. We have a grey today in the UI, and I always felt it wasn't comfortablwe to read. The green was a pretty big change when I added it, but having spent a lot of time with this UI so far, I think it works pretty well. That said, I'll play with other options.

chipx86 Jan. 23, 2020, 2:16 p.m.

Been messing around with this. I honestly do prefer the green, but can see where it may draw too much attention to itself. I think it's a double-edged sword. It stands out better, which can be good, but it means your eyes are drawn to it more and less to other field content. With a grey, it doesn't stand out as much, and kind of blends in with everything else, but it also means your eyes aren't jumping to it.

I prefer the green, but will go with a grey.

Change Summary:

Changed the help text color to grey.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Add standard CSS component classes for forms. This adds a new set of CSS component classes for defining forms in a standard way. This consists of: * `rb-c-form`: The CSS class for `<form>` elements, providing modifiers for standard alignment, functions for controlling alignment, and classes for an action area (for buttons). * `rb-c-form-fieldset`: The CSS class for `<fieldset>` elements, providing modifiers for collapsed fieldsets and classes for descriptive and field content areas. * `rb-c-form-row`: The CSS class for a row of fields in a form. * `rb-c-form-field`: The CSS class for a field, providing standard styling for labels, inputs, errors, and help text, as well as modifiers for controlling some basic parts of the display. It also introduces new namespaces for variables and methods, helping other pieces of UI adopt the same styling used in forms, and to help specialize form display. Older definitions in `defs.less` now make use of these variables. There's a few small improvements to other stylesheets to help incorporate a form and display it correctly on mobile. For instance, to display properly, we recommend a page using a form to use `<body class="is-content-flush-on-mobile">` and `<div class="page-content-box -is-content-flush">`, and this led to a fix needed in `rb-c-content-header` to display the header correctly. The recommendations are documented in the `rb-c-form` component. Upcoming changes to the administration UI will make use of these new classes, replacing the older Django classes that used to comprise the admin UI change forms.	09f86a46be4d2d97a0e9ff10e5879b7dad4a72f5
	Add standard CSS component classes for forms. This adds a new set of CSS component classes for defining forms in a standard way. This consists of: * `rb-c-form`: The CSS class for `<form>` elements, providing modifiers for standard alignment, functions for controlling alignment, and classes for an action area (for buttons). * `rb-c-form-fieldset`: The CSS class for `<fieldset>` elements, providing modifiers for collapsed fieldsets and classes for descriptive and field content areas. * `rb-c-form-row`: The CSS class for a row of fields in a form. * `rb-c-form-field`: The CSS class for a field, providing standard styling for labels, inputs, errors, and help text, as well as modifiers for controlling some basic parts of the display. It also introduces new namespaces for variables and methods, helping other pieces of UI adopt the same styling used in forms, and to help specialize form display. Older definitions in `defs.less` now make use of these variables. There's a few small improvements to other stylesheets to help incorporate a form and display it correctly on mobile. For instance, to display properly, we recommend a page using a form to use `<body class="is-content-flush-on-mobile">` and `<div class="page-content-box -is-content-flush">`, and this led to a fix needed in `rb-c-content-header` to display the header correctly. The recommendations are documented in the `rb-c-form` component. Upcoming changes to the administration UI will make use of these new classes, replacing the older Django classes that used to comprise the admin UI change forms.	401ff88a76f3abe002b2128ba7dfb16634b9ab6b

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	reviewboard/static/rb/css/defs.less
	reviewboard/static/rb/css/mixins/style.less
	reviewboard/static/rb/css/ui/colors.less
	reviewboard/static/rb/css/ui/content-header.less
	reviewboard/static/rb/css/ui/forms.less

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Status: Closed (submitted)

Change Summary:

Pushed to release-4.0.x (8523664)