I was looking for a (simple) WYSIWYG Editor jQuery Plugin that's compatible with Bootstrap 3. I've seen a lot WYSIWYG Editors jQuery Plugin that were compatible with the previous Bootstrap, but my website uses Bootstrap 3, so each time I implemented such a jQuery Plugin, my Bootstrap 3 would ruin the buttons and mess the whole editor up.
So now I'm asking whether there is an option to enable the Bootstrap 2 stylesheet only for one div and its contents.
I assume a iframe could work, but then, I need the WYSIWYG Editor's contents (which are in the iframe then), along with text inputs on the 'non-iframe'.
One way you might be able to solve this would scope your css for that div. This is what I have implemented with a content management system that I have created.
Let say for example you give the WYSIWYG Div an ID of HTMLEditable.
you could target that div with your css and all the css within that div.
#HTMLEditable .WYSIWYG{
....css goes here
}
#HTMLEditable p{
....css goes here
}
The above css will only apply to that div.
Then its just a case of finding the correct css that you need in that div.
Note you may need to override/reset the css for that div to stop your bootstrap3 applying to it.
Here is an example of a reset css. (You will need to scope this as well to make sure you don't reset all your css).
EDIT: use LESS
To make this easier you can use LESS which is what bootstrap uses.
#HTMLEditable {
//import the modal css
#import "bootstrap.css";
}
you will need to make a file 'HTMLEditable.less'. Then Add the code to similar to the above.
The less will them compile the above into css and will scope everything in the css to #HTMLEditable
Check out the LESS site and look ate the nesting. This is what you are after. This site will also show you how to compile it.
You need to put the class or id of this div before all css rules. You can do it like this if you need a css file and not less.
#HTMLEditable{
paste in all of your css
}
than copy all of this paste it here: http://less2css.org/ in the less area and it will generate the right css for you.
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I know I can just have a custom stylesheet that overrides the bootstrap component I wish to customize (for example the jumbotron), but is the right way to go about this "problem"? I don't think this can be done with a bootstrap theme, although I haven't read a whole lot on this subject.
You can use your browsers DevTools to inspect an element that you want to change, and in the Rules/Styles section you can see which CSS elements is it using and then you can create your own css file and paste the CSS there and change it so it overrides bootstraps element. Here is how to get the devtools from Chrome https://developer.chrome.com/devtools#dom-and-styles and from Firefox https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Open_the_Inspector. Don't forget to import your CSS customised script under bootstraps so it overrides the CSS that you wish to change.
Use twitter-bootstrap customize on their website to customize it and download the customized files. Or just create a custom CSS file and edit classes like .jumbotron and other stuff
There are a few ways to modify the default bootstrap css and no one way is inherently more or less "right" than any other. It all depends on the coding style of you and/or your team. Here is a list of a few ways that I came up with off the top of my head:
Modify the css file you downloaded from Bootstrap
(My Choice) Override Bootstrap styles with your own CSS. Just be sure to follow the rules of CSS Specificity (External < Internal < Inline) and if you have trouble getting a certain rule to apply try reading this answer or force it with !important
NOTE: This is likely NOT a comprehensive list, just a starting point.
in my <head> tags, ive placed the location of bootstrap.css
if i place <div class="container"> it creates a fixed width.
what i wanted to happen is manipulate the default values of the container width by importing another set of stylesheet.
another scenario is, if i placed a span8 how do i put background colors on it without actually editing the bootstrap.css rather, customize it using a new stylesheet.
does putting 2 stylesheet possible? then inherit / manipulate all values in the bootstrap.css in a new stylesheet?
i apologize if my explanation aren't that clear. its kinda hard to express verbally what i wanted to happen. :)
When you add a second stylesheet, you can override rules of the first one. Just make sure you add them to your html page in the right order.
If you want to make sure a rule won't be overridden you can add !important to it. Example:
.example {
color: red !important;
}
Yes it is possible. That is what the "Cascading" part of CSS is. Short answer is to add your own style sheet after the bootstrap.css and before the responsive.css and your styles will be used because they are the latest definition, i.e. the rules "cascade" down.
Long answer is take a look at the docs. There's a lot to learn there if you have the time.
Also have a look at the bootstrap customization page
I'd like to import an external CSS (eg. Bootstrap) into my site-- the problem is I'd like to apply the Bootstrap styles only to a specific region of the page. When I include Bootstrap, it applies its styles to the entire page, restyling all tables, divs, etc.
Is it possible to only apply Bootstrap to a region (say a parent div or something?)
Thanks
The only way to do this is to have a separate iframe for the content you want to style with Bootstrap (unless you want to edit the Bootstrap CSS, and add your outer div's selector to the beginning of EVERY rule).
HTML5 introduced the new scoped attribute, which is made specifically for your use case, but has not yet been implemented by any one of the major browsers.
If you are using jQuery (which you probably are, since all of Bootstrap's Javascript functionality is dependent upon jQuery), you might wanna try Simon Madine's jQuery Scoped CSS plugin.
Import Bootstrap before your own styles. That way your own styles will overwrite the changes made by Bootstrap where applicable.
I've only tried this locally and not given it any thorough testing but it seems to work fine. I created a div around the content and assigned it an id. Then prefixed all of the bootstrap selectors with the id I assigned the surrounding div. The prefixing was done with a couple of search and replace operations. Perhaps it can be done easier with less
Forgot to mention that the body selector of the bootstrap.css has to be replaced with the id and not prefixed like the other selectors.
I have a div- workarea, where, I want to load contents of body of a template. I could load the content, but how to load css of the template. If I tried to load it, it overrides the default css of the page into which I'm loading the template's body content. I don't want to use iframes in my project.
Thanks in advance
Another alternative is to create a reset stylesheet just for that div container. Put aa id selector on the container div in which you load content and use that ID as a prefix for styles you use in the template.
<div id="template_content"></div>
and css as
#template_content h2 {....}
#template_content p {...}
If you cannot do this than your only option is iframe.
Your only simple option here is to use an <iframe>, styles cascade down, that's just how they work and were intended to work, if you want a section of the page with drastically different styling that also doesn't inherit, an <iframe> is the perfect tool do this.
Many people think frames are bad, that that's a different thing from iframes, no matter which side of the line you're on <iframe> elements are perfectly legitimate to use here. Why try to solve the problem in a very round-about way when the perfect tool for the job is laying there ready to use?
For example this is how almost every rich-text-editor works in a page, via an <iframe>, for many reasons but to keep the styling separate is one of them :)
Give Some id to that div like WorkArea. Now in css file, write your styles and from. Do not attach anything to any divs of the body from css, using body as parent class
might be hard but give the display or preview area important dominance...
like...
#template_content {
background: green !important;
}
then when you load in another style sheet, #template_content's background cannot be changed unless you have !important defined on the stylesheet you are loading in.
I am first time poster. A question. How do a make a css declaration that only works within one DIV, but, not overwriting the global css? I want to jQuery loading a page into a DIV, however, the page's CSS changed my own site's CSS. I don't want that. Also I can't just take out CSS because I want them looked as intended from the source.
Basically we are going to load an external HTML with its CSS style applied locally ONLY without it changing the style elsewhere. The external HTML is not using inline CSS since we don't have control over it. They are applied to class values or even all element type. We don't want their CSS declaration modifying our own existing CSS outside of the DIV container.
Is this even possible?
Thank You?
If I understand your question correct you would place an id in the div <div id="mystyle"> content </div>. In your CSS you would write #mystyle p { color:red; }. which have no effect on global paragraphs outside the "mystyle" div.
I guess you are asking how to apply an external stylesheet to just one div. There is no way to do this using just CSS. You might be able to emulate this using JavaScript, but it's going to take quite a bit of work. Here's an outline of how you might go about doing this:
Grab the stylesheet filename from the loaded HTML and then get the contents of the CSS file via AJAX.
Somehow parse the CSS and prefix your div ID to each CSS rule, so that it applies only within your div.
Inject the modified stylesheet as inline text into the loaded HTML.
Steps 1 and 3 are relatively simple, step 2 requires a CSS parser written in JavaScript. (There seems to be one available here although there is no documentation.)