Text Colour In Comments Box 7.40

JayLaFunk · 01-15-2011, 11:45 AM

Before 7.40, When copying text from a website and pasting into the comments box in the edit metadata information, it would show up but since going to 7.40 if I do this action the text is there but does not show, the text seems to be in white which with a white background will not show, the background colour is set to white and the foreground colour is set to black, if I paste into all the other boxes, I don't get this problem, I have to paste it into Notepad++ then copy & paste again for it to show, do I have my settings wrong?

kovidgoyal · 01-15-2011, 12:20 PM

Does the website you are pasting from have text in white?

JayLaFunk · 01-15-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Does the website you are pasting from have text in white?

Thanks Kovid for the quick reply...

Yes, That's what I thought the problem was at first but it only happens in the comments box, if I paste into any other boxes in metadata information, I don't get any problem and all text is black, just seems to be the comments area retaining the text colour from the website.

theducks · 01-15-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JayLaFunk

Thanks Kovid for the quick reply...

Yes, That's what I thought the problem was at first but it only happens in the comments box, if I paste into any other boxes in metadata information, I don't get any problem and all text is black, just seems to be the comments area retaining the text colour from the website.

That is because the comments box NOW allows styling, which the other fields do not.
Look for the color=<stuff> in the line and either remove that whole section or set <stuff> to: black or #000000

JayLaFunk · 01-15-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Look for the color=<stuff> in the line and either remove that whole section or set <stuff> to: black or #000000

Where is this, is this in preferences, can't find it

GRiker · 01-15-2011, 01:27 PM

You can also click in the Comments box, select all (Cmd-A on OSX), then click the recycle button to remove formatting.

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theducks · 01-15-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JayLaFunk

Where is this, is this in preferences, can't find it

In each comments box (HTML Source tab at the bottom). Every comment can have its own style (in addition to that used in the catalog)

JayLaFunk · 01-15-2011, 02:50 PM

GRiker - select all, click recycle icon, that works
Cheers...

theducks - this is what was in the HTML box

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his colleagues when, because of his imperial connections, he is appointed a rank above them. As second-in-command to Macro, the fearless, battlescarred centurion who leads them, Cato will have more to prove than most in the adventures that lie ahead. Then the men discover that the army's next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain. After the long march west, Cato and Macro undertake a special mission that will thrust them headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself...</span>

theducks · 01-15-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JayLaFunk

GRiker - select all, click recycle icon, that works
Cheers...

theducks - this is what was in the HTML box

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his colleagues when, because of his imperial connections, he is appointed a rank above them. As second-in-command to Macro, the fearless, battlescarred centurion who leads them, Cato will have more to prove than most in the adventures that lie ahead. Then the men discover that the army's next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain. After the long march west, Cato and Macro undertake a special mission that will thrust them headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself...</span>

Just delete the red part to get the system default (usually black)
or change EACH of the 255's to 000

JayLaFunk · 01-15-2011, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Just delete the red part to get the system default (usually black)
or change EACH of the 255's to 000

Thanks for that but it's easier going GRikers way, would be better if I could set his way as default

01-15-2011, 11:45 AM	#1
JayLaFunk Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 538 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: iPad	Text Colour In Comments Box 7.40 Before 7.40, When copying text from a website and pasting into the comments box in the edit metadata information, it would show up but since going to 7.40 if I do this action the text is there but does not show, the text seems to be in white which with a white background will not show, the background colour is set to white and the foreground colour is set to black, if I paste into all the other boxes, I don't get this problem, I have to paste it into Notepad++ then copy & paste again for it to show, do I have my settings wrong?

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JayLaFunk Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 538 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: iPad	GRiker - select all, click recycle icon, that works Cheers... theducks - this is what was in the HTML box <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his colleagues when, because of his imperial connections, he is appointed a rank above them. As second-in-command to Macro, the fearless, battlescarred centurion who leads them, Cato will have more to prove than most in the adventures that lie ahead. Then the men discover that the army's next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain. After the long march west, Cato and Macro undertake a special mission that will thrust them headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself...</span>