[WWB18] Style Manager Issue (Solved)

[christiaan]

Hi Pablo,

I'm a very happy WWB user since version 11.


Style Manager in WWB 17 had the option to set text margins and padding:




In WWB 18 these options are no more:




So if you use Style Manager for formatting a text, the result in WWB 17 will look like:




Same project file opend in WWB 18 look like:





Sample project:
https://fastupload.io/br3ZVYAfFBXxTlr/file

[Pablo]

These options are intentionally hidden, because many users used them incorrectly.

If you are an advanced user and know what you are doing, then you can re-enabled the options via the registry:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Pablo Software Solutions\WYSIWYG Web Builder 18\Settings\AdvancedStyles
set the value to 1

However, inline padding may overwrite the padding of the style.

[christiaan]

Wow, very prompt response (15 minutes) - thank you very much.

I will try it tomorrow and give report.

[christiaan]

My curiosity was bigger ...

(N.B. Yes, there is a hierarchy: in-line padding wins against style manager padding.)

Adding the registry key does give back the options for margins and padding - wooh wooh

In WWB 18 text padding by style manager will not be shown, in-line padding do.

[Pablo]

In WB18, styles have been redesigned to work with almost any object.
However, in most cases it will not make sense to use padding in styles, because there is no way to control to which part of the object the padding will be applied to.
For example, consider a menu: should the the padding be applied to the menu's container, the menu item, sub menu? It even get more complicated when using objects like tabs, carousels, etc.
That is why each object has individual settings to give you more control.

[christiaan]

Ok, I see

So the design advice seems to be:

Do *not* use padding for text objects using Style Manager,
*do* use text object properties instead.

Am I right ?

[Pablo]

Correct

[christiaan]

Thank you, Pablo.

Very big hand for your absolute excellent support

I wish most big players in the tech business would do it like you do.