Allowed CSS Properties Question

[superkingt]

Is there a complete list of all the CSS properties that we're allowed to use in v5 posts somewhere? I was able to come up with this:

• background (-attachment, -color, -image, -position, -repeat)
  
• border (-bottom, -left, -right, -top) (-color, -style, -width)
  
• border (-bottom, -top) (-left, -right) -radius
  
• border-collapse
  
• caption-side
  
• color
  
• direction
  
• empty cells
  
• font (-family, -size, -style, -variant, -weight)
  
• (max-, min-) height
  
• letter-spacing
  
• line-height
  
• list-style (-image, -position, -type)
  
• margin (-bottom, -left, -right, -top)
  
• outline (-color, -style)
  
• padding (-bottom, -left, -right, -top)
  
• table-layout
  
• text (-align, -decoration, -indent, transform)
  
• vertical-align
  
• white-space
  
• (max-, min-) width
  
• word-spacing

...but i'm curious if I'm missing anything or added something extra by mistake. I was also wondering if the "display" property could be added to the allowed CSS list. (Not necessarily for v5, but maybe for v5.x)

[Ryan Roos]

You seem to have most of them. There will be a detailed list in the v5 help guide. Any property that can allow a post to affect the format of the forum will not be included. The "display" property may fall under this rule.

As you said v5.x is when we can start going over every additional property one by one. Right now we've provided a majority of the CSS properties, especially the one's we think are most vital to giving you full control over post content.

[KELSEY'S GOT A GUN]

Shouldn't all of them sort of be allowed? ._." Anyway, would we be able to do

in our posts?

[Ryan Roos]

Not all of them, most of them. As I explained anything that could allow the poster to affect the forum itself will not be allowed. At this time we are currently working on launching v5 and are not focusing on adding additional properties. There will be a time after launch when we can look at some of the others that didn't make the initial cut.

For your 'div calss' example where is the div getting it's class from? The forum's CSS. What if that CSS takes the content in the div and throws it into a sidebar or does something strange with width and padding. You could have people posting content directly into your forums layout, outside of the thread or worse breaking your page layout. Maybe that's extreme but I'm not saying that won't someday be a possible attribute in our BBCode 2.0 but for now it isn't our focus.

Class is typically to call on style elements. We give you the ability to edit style elements in the post. Edit them directly, you don't need to call them from another CSS style.

[KELSEY'S GOT A GUN]

I see your point, Ryan, but wouldn't it be easier to define a certain class in a post and, rather than have to waste your time editing every single post that uses the same styling (like matching templates and such), insert that class into the post? I'm just saying, it's a ton easier to implement classes than direct styling, especially if said styling is limited.

[Ryan Roos]

But most users wouldn't know about or reference a class. And for personal styling we've added the feature that allows you to have default text waiting for you in BBCode mode. So a user can put all their styling options in and save them. Ever time they go to post those style options will already be there waiting.

In the Settings tab of Edit Profile go to Posting Default and select BBCode. The box that appears allows you to add any styles you want to your posts.

[KELSEY'S GOT A GUN]

Okay. That clears it up a little bit.

[superkingt]

Aug 26, 2012 21:28:37 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

You seem to have most of them. There will be a detailed list in the v5 help guide. Any property that can allow a post to affect the format of the forum will not be included. The "display" property may fall under this rule.

As you said v5.x is when we can start going over every additional property one by one. Right now we've provided a majority of the CSS properties, especially the one's we think are most vital to giving you full control over post content.

Thanks for the reply. ;D