Testing: Is html really dead?

Question

testing font tag for size and color (red)

Testing^superscript

Testing_subscript

Testing text indent...

and...



line...



breaks.

using paragraph tags

light red text using css

• red text not red text
• red italicized
• red bolded
• red strikethrough
• red^superscript
• red_{red subscript}

light green text using css

• green italicized
• green bolded
• green strikethrough

The green text cannot be used in-line because the define style leaves a blank space before and after it.

For example, the following green textwas typed as a single line of text with the rest of the sentence; however, a space was left before and after the green text due to the defined formatting style.

The red text is not subject to this problem and can be useful to illustrate or highlight ungrammatical or incorrect text when correcting a post

light grey text using css

• grey text not grey text
• grey italicized
• grey bolded
• grey strikethrough
• grey^superscript
• grey_{red subscript}

You can use css to...

• You can use css to... float text to the right
• You can use css to... make mind-numbingly light grey text
• You can use css to write lines of code

Formatting appears limited to the predefined set. Paragraph, anchor and span tags function, and line spacing using break tags is possible; however, because in-line style formatting does not appear to work, many of the formatting options once available are no longer viable.

From the perspective of the web developers, the use of dedicated style sheets is a much more elegant solution to formatting for an entire site such as this one, and the absence of in-line formatting options is probably better for the overall visual presentation of the site. I don't believe that it would be that difficult, however, to introduce a text option (for example, a push button option in the format toolbar) that would allow users to format using different color texts. Such an option could probably be introduced with only a few extra lines of code. It would be helpful when offering corrections or explanations to have access to red text formatting, or at the very least, there ought to be a red "x" option so that incorrect or ungrammatical text can be differentiated from correct text.

nothing appears Izan, l've tried so many times yesterday and none of the HTML worked, - 00b6f46c, Feb 4, 2012

Moved last post to top to make it more visible - Izanoni1, Feb 5, 2012

For some reason, ie8 forces me into compatibility mode whenever I look at this thread which makes the comments *extremely* tiny and the answer box inaccessible. - hollyjollyberry, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 1

So far....

The ^{superscript tag} (^,) tags seem to work

The _{subscript tag} (_,) tags seem to work

The strikeout tag (<s>, </s>) tags seem to work

The bold text (<b>, </b>) tags seem to work

The emphasis tag (<em>, </em>) tags seem to work

CSS can be used to include red text

CSS can be used to include green text(with some limitations)

Heading

tags (<h2>, </h2>) seem to work

Linebreaks...


inside paragraph tags...



also appear to function

The only one I knew was the strikeout, so any you post are a help for me. - Stadt, Feb 4, 2012

Thanks for testing. Now we have an idea of what we can use (for the moment). - Goldie_Miel, Feb 4, 2012

This looks like a lot until you figure that bold, emphasis, and headings are already in the markdown codes so we don't need html for that. - pesta, Feb 4, 2012

basic tables (not pipes) seems to work too, but you can't create borders, etc. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

I spent all night trying to get tables to work like that lol. - Gregory84, Feb 4, 2012

I wrote a tutorial a while back on how to use markdown for various tasks that included links to outside resources if you are interested. - Izanoni1, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 2

nada chico, puffff, no sé por qué no nos dicen lo que puede o no funcionar, sería más facil.

Mira, de esto puede que se encargue Stuart, un chico muy agradable del "staff", ¿qué tal si le pones una carta? Tú te explicarás mejor....y sobre todo si te lo explica, tú te enteras, jejej

besos

Heidita, replacing the support for XHTML is not hard. It may be that they do not want to, or that it is not a high priority item and they just haven't addressed it yet. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 3

• Dropdownlist
  • List Item 1
  • List Item 2
  • List Item 3
  • List Item 4
  • List Item 5
• Red Background on Dropdown list
  • • List Item 1
    • List Item 2
    • List Item 3
    • List Item 4
• Grey Background on Dropdown list
  • • List Item 1
    • List Item 2
    • List Item 3
    • List Item 4

Answer 4

The strikethrough tags seems to work

Izan, does it work in questions too? It works for me in answers, but not in questions. I mean, in the entry of a thread.

It works! Great!

Answer 5

light red text using css

• red text not red text
• red italicized
• red bolded
• red strikethrough
• red^superscript
• red_{red subscript}

light green text using css

• green italicized
• green bolded
• green strikethrough

The green text cannot be used in-line because the define style leaves a blank space before and after it.

For example, the following green textwas typed as a single line of text with the rest of the sentence; however, a space was left before and after the green text due to the defined formatting style.

The red text is not subject to this problem and can be useful to illustrate or highlight ungrammatical or incorrect text when correcting a post

light grey text using css

• grey text not grey text
• grey italicized
• grey bolded
• grey strikethrough
• grey^superscript
• grey_{red subscript}

You can use css to...

• You can use css to... float text to the right
• You can use css to... make mind-numbingly light grey text
• You can use css to write lines of code

Unfortunately, in-line style does not appear to work. Formatting appears limited to the predefined set. I don't believe that it would be that difficult, however, to introduce a text option (for example, a push button option in the format toolbar) that would allow users to format using different color texts. It would be helpful when offering corrections or explanations to have access to red text formatting, or at the very least, there ought to be a red "x" option so that incorrect or ungrammatical text can be differentiated from correct text.

Wow that's a nice idea Izan, thank you! - 00b6f46c, Feb 4, 2012

Where is the "conj" class defined? If you didn't define it, we have no control over it, and it could change overnight into another color, or disappear altogether. - pesta, Feb 4, 2012

That green check mark, red x has been suggested before and it is a nice idea. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

@Pesta: You can find it by referencing the source code for the dictionary and the conjugation pages, respectively. As long as the formatting remains constant on these pages, the code will continue to work. However, you are right, should the site... - Izanoni1, Feb 5, 2012

...managers choose to update the source code to modify the formatting, the output for these codes could very well change. - Izanoni1, Feb 5, 2012

This is a great post, Izan. However, why are the colours so unpleasant? They seem to be too pale... - cogumela, Feb 5, 2012

For example, what you call "red", for me is just a light "salmon" colour - cogumela, Feb 5, 2012

The "make mind-numbingly light grey text" .... is... well. - cogumela, Feb 5, 2012

Iza's code doesn't change the colors - it borrows "styles" already used elsewhere on the site. If the colors you want aren't used by the site, you can't use them this way either. - pesta, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 6

Test of available dropdown list formatting

• En boca cerrada no entran...
  • moscas

• De tal palo tal...
  • astilla

• A lo hecho...
  • pecho

That's red! But now, the white on light grey is annoying. - cogumela, Feb 5, 2012

I was just fooling around with the different formats that are available based on the style sheet used for this site. The color pallet is extremely limited, as it only encompasses a small set of colors and formatting predefined by the web creators - Izanoni1, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 7

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