Operation Audacious Phoenix

If there was a way in which collapse tag could also be able to edit the font, color, and size of the initial text. Also if collapse tag could not start a new line but continue in regular sentence. Unless you tell it with br code to space to the next line.

This is how collapse working now


Thanks for considering!

I second this if possible. I've had so many times where I've wished I could edit it.

Given that collapse tags expand to reveal information, how do you think the contained information should display if the tag is in the middle of the sentence (presumably without disrupting the sentence it’s nested in)? Would it be a new paragraph?

I’m not asking this to shut down the idea, but only for curiosity’s sake!

Thanks for the question Copper.

Hmm the best way I can explain it or closest example would be one of my character's sites: https://www.rprepository.com/c/medicus/286115

Take the Chakralogy section for example and how at the ends of that paragraph is a link: [Power Info ]

Now imagine if instead of a link there I could have inserted a collapse tag there which could drop down to explain the powers more. It would likely push down into the next paragraph when it was opened to reveal more info. But it sits nicely at the end of the paragraph when closed. I hope this gives a better picture?

But that bit is really extra to my main request which is for the text to be editable. If it only can be that. It would be so awesome anyway. ^^

Such a thing is already possible.

If you were an Epic user.

Epic users are given the possibility of editing everything, including the collapse tag - so my question for this would be, do you mean an editable collapse tag for none epic users?

I wasn't aware epic users could edit the collapse tag information....I am an epic user myself and would love to know how this is done, would you be willing to share how an epic user changes collapse tag information?

By editing the CSS for the template you are using.

But I don't think this is a very fair comparison.
As an epic member I can edit a template and make all the text bold, italics, underlined, tiny and eye-scorchingly yellow. However, a non-paid member can do the exact same thing with BBCode.

Just because epic members CAN do it, I don't think it need be exclusive. How is it any different to formatting any other text.

I remember hearing once that the collapse code was very tempermental and I assume that is why we can't format the text in the titles. So yes - if this is possible with BBCode I'd love to see it happen.

Oh I didn't know you could do this as an epic member. I have epic membership...

But I don't have any css skills to do that so I think it would still apply that it would be better if it could be edited in a bbcode way?

That could be said about so many things though, and there are tons of free guides all over the internet to learn CSS, or even just reference specific things. I believe the template-building group on RPR also has guides/references and such, if I'm not mistaken. And it's actually pretty easy once you understand the foundation. ^^ (But getting that foundation can absolutely be tricky for many folks.)

If I'm understanding this correctly, this has to do with template making....which means epic users can only use this feature when actively making templates on their own profiles right?

If that's the case it's still somewhat limiting in where it could be used even should it lack the complexity as Zelphyr suggests with CSS. Personally I have no idea how CSS is used (or even completely what it is).

Zelphyr is right, there are plenty of resources about CSS - though there are limitations as to what RPR supports.

For example, you can provide the background of the rpr layout with multiple backgrounds (like my rpr here) but it does not support an image overlay on an embedded video.

There are neat ways of doing things, and honestly, the best way is to figure out how to edit it.

As for the collapse tag you can edit the following:
div.bbcode_collapse {}
span.collapse_name {}
.collapse_content {}

The only thing I have yet to figure out is the positioning (which can be done through simple bbcode once adding content to the widgets).

I don't know it still seems like a lot just to change collapse tags?

You would have to literally make an entire template? To change one little thing? I use the templates people make which could also pose a problem as then you'd have to go ask for the codes they used. Or ask for permission to edit it. Then have the knowledge to change it. That is a lot of steps to change one thing. If I were looking to change several things then sure yeah that makes sense. Like I want a custom background and custom header font and etc. But not for something like that.

It seems a lot to do for one seemingly simple thing. If you can adjust columns and the text within that column then I would assume the ability to be able to do that with collapse tags should also be similar?

No to inline collapse tags.

But for changing size and color, I'm looking into this today.

Ability to change size and color of collapse tag completed.

Yeeeeees!

Will that be able to override custom CSS templates? Just curious!

Unless the CSS template flags their version as !important, it should be able to.