make the drupal_set_message area a bit more obvious [#453352]

When a drupal_set_message() is displayed in the interface, it gets shown all the way up above (which is nice), blue on a black background (which is maybe a bit less nice :). That blue on black color makes the text a bit hard to read for my poor eyes, especially when I'm in a bright room or outside with my laptop. Maybe a bright blue could help? Compare with the admin_menu colors...

The color for warnings is perfect however.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#3	faraway.png	29.9 KB	anarcat

Support from Acquia helps fund testing for Drupal Acquia logo

Comments

Comment #1

yhahn CreditAttribution: yhahn commented 6 May 2009 at 04:23

Assigned:

Unassigned

» yhahn

I've brightened the color of the ok status message. Let me know if this improves readability for you -- feel free to tweak yourself and post any adjustments to the RGB : ) The selector in question is around line 405:

  div#console div.ok {
    color:#cfc;
    text-shadow:0px 0px 15px #0c6;
    }

Comment #2

anarcat CreditAttribution: anarcat commented 7 May 2009 at 15:05

Status:

Active

» Fixed

Tweaking the div.ok has no effect here. I had to do this instead:

--- style.css   6 May 2009 04:21:42 -0000       1.2.2.3
+++ style.css   7 May 2009 15:05:04 -0000
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 
 div#console div.messages {
   background:transparent;
-  color:#8cf;
+  color:#cfc;
   text-shadow:0px 0px 15px #06c;
 
   border:0px;

It looks better, but it's green. :) Really, I think this is not much of an issue, i guess the problem is more related to the black background than with the foreground, so I will not insist on this. :)

Comment #3

anarcat CreditAttribution: anarcat commented 14 May 2009 at 05:20

Version:	5.x-0.2-alpha1	» 5.x-0.2-beta1
Priority:	Normal	» Critical
Status:	Fixed	» Needs work

File	Size
faraway.png	29.9 KB

I'm reopening this, it's too confusing. I think the main issue is not as much with the colors but where the notification area appears: it's too far up! Maybe it's because I'm so used to see the messages pop up at a certain place, but it does seem really counter-intuitive to see the messages for forms (for example) pop up all the way at the top, with the site heading and main menus in between.

I attached a screenshot of a typical case: notice how, between the error field and the notification area, we successively see:
* the node tabs
* the node title (with its type)
* the breadcrumbs and the primary links menu
* the site logo and title

And only then do we get the chance to see the notification area.

I would much rather have it below the blue heading, right after the breadcrumbs. I think it would still be graphically pleasing while respecting the context a little more.

Marking release critical.