Cursor colour on the board

[julian]

When im composing a post, the cursor is virtually the same colour as the background, which makes it irritating to edit the post (i end up typing where i dont want to etc)

Its been been irritating me for some time, but ive never gotten arround to mentioning it.

I assume its a board thing, in which case, is it affecting others, or is it just me for some reason (in which case, why)

I have the win2k default colour scheme in place.

[don___quixote]

aye can be a lil confusing especially when under the influence i find.

[emef]

think its the same for all of us :(
has been mentioned before
it annoys me slightly more than world hunger

[spoon]

me too. it was mentioned before but it didn't seem to bother everyone. it's why i start the fires.

[thembuzz]

oh, world hunger well winds me up. but not as much as traffic

[kams]

it would be nice to not have to squint all the time

[Sheridan]

I wear 3-d glasses when I am on the board so I can see the cursor just fine.

[julian]

Id assume the issue is that the cursor colour cant be changed, and that the issue is the background.

its a pity that the lighter brown cant be used for the message composition box insted of the darker... but, who knows, that may make it even worse?

j

[Spandex]

i think it's just a stylesheet thing. it could probably be fixed quite quickly.. if we had anyone any good on the case. unfortunately there's just pencilneck.. and he's not clever enough. he couldn't ever figure out how to fix it. ever. I bet a little girl could fix it. but not pencilneck.

[Loz]

pencilneck is too busy watching Japanese tentacle rape porn to fix this

[Jeniffer Mills]

its a pain in the ass loz. Innit? Do you know what a pain in the ass is loz???

[penciLneck]

If it bothers you so much..

Install greasemonkey.

Change the background value of textarea, .bginput to:

textarea, .bginput {
background: #fff none repeat scroll 0%;
}

[kams]

Why... can't you fix it pn?

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

it used to be ok in osx but bad in windows, now it's bad in everything.

I like the challenge.

[Spandex]

I don't think he can.. i think if he tried REALLY hard.. he just wouldn't be able to.

[penciLneck]

I doesn't require a fix. If you want to alter the way the board looks you can do it yourself with greasemonkey, assuming you use Firefox.

Besides it's not up to me to change the way the board looks, it's not my board.

[kams]

he can't do it can he..?


bless him

[don___quixote]

all i'm hearing is excuses.

[penciLneck]

I'm not susceptible to reverse psychology.

wontfix.

[Spandex]

ACCEPT THE TICKET

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

Cristian left dis-illusioned a long time ago, it's time for you to take the reigns Mr Neck.

[penciLneck]

subsystem delivery error.

mail returned to sender.

[julian]

If it bothers you so much..

Install greasemonkey.

Change the background value of textarea, .bginput to:

textarea, .bginput {
background: #fff none repeat scroll 0%;
}


Right,

Got greesemonky installed...

tools/greesemonky

i presume 'new user script'

then i get the fields :

name
namespace
description
includes
excludes

can you tell me exactly what i need to put into each of these fields please?

[spoon]

pencilneck would write a script....if he could see his cursor...

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

Julian I think as long as you write in good plain english, without any regional words you'll be fine.

[penciLneck]

Right,

Got greesemonky installed...

tools/greesemonky

i presume 'new user script'

then i get the fields :

name
namespace
description
includes
excludes

can you tell me exactly what i need to put into each of these fields please?


http://userstyles.org/style/search/no-future

[Spandex]

Julian I think as long as you write in good plain english, without any regional words you'll be fine.

alol

fuck ruby.. i'm going to learn to program in Northumbrian.

[julian]

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8874

it works too...

I now have a white background in my edit pannel, with normal black cursor.

Whilst it might not be as visually smooth as before its now functional without constant use of the delete button...

thx

[penciLneck]

no probs, I'll keep it updated and perhaps add some more.

[Jeniffer Mills]

Nice one Vill.

NF says *thank you pencilneck* !!! hehehe

[spoon]

and they all lived happily ever after....

[penciLneck]

http://userstyles.org/style/search/no-future

[Sheridan]

I just noticed that I can see the cursor fine on the macs here at work using safari. if I use my mac at home also using safari I can't see the cursor.
weirdness.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

yeah me too actually, works fine in Safari.. but not Firefox

[marcel]

ah those two scripts are awesome. after all nf ain't that ugly anymo

[soulcheck]

Does firefox have default blue cursor? Cos that's what it looks like...

[julian]

No, have a look at this -

http://www.port23.co.uk/nf.jpg

[penciLneck]

thats freaking me out, it's like looking into a fractal.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

lootskag?? :)

[soulcheck]

No, have a look at this -


My one has.

[julian]

lootskag?? :)

now i know what youre talking about, but i cant even find it myself...

: )

edit:

scrap that... now i see : )

[emef]

I just noticed that I can see the cursor fine on the macs here at work using safari. if I use my mac at home also using safari I can't see the cursor.
weirdness.

i'm on a mac and safari now and the cursor is black... nice

[notorious J.I.M]

Thanks Will that's a big improvement.

[mdk]

nice one mr neck.

its like a whole new world..im just going to type stuff and delete it and select words for a few hours to make up for all those times when i just gave up and closed the page in fury.

[JonnySpeed]

excellent. That works on quick replies but we still have a grey box when you click "reply" then type...

chop, chop pn :)

[penciLneck]

that's weird, should work on all reply/post textareas jonny. anybody else seeing this?

[JonnySpeed]

its grey when you edit, too

:)

[penciLneck]

Are you using the URL http://no-future.com instead of http://www.no-future.com ?

If so have updated both scripts to work on either. Otherwise you are doing something wrong. Have you got greasemonkey installed?

edit: also updated the border settings to look a bit tidier.

[marcel]

nice one mr neck.

its like a whole new world..im just going to type stuff and delete it and select words for a few hours to make up for all those times when i just gave up and closed the page in fury.
haha

[marcel]

Are you using the URL http://no-future.com instead of http://www.no-future.com ?

If so have updated both scripts to work on either. Otherwise you are doing something wrong. Have you got greasemonkey installed?

edit: also updated the border settings to look a bit tidier.works here everywhere.

how do I update a greasemonkeyscript though?

[penciLneck]

just click on install script on the scripts page, it should update the existing one.

[marcel]

ah thx

[penciLneck]

In hindsight I should have really used the new stylish extension for this. It applies the rules directly on page load so no FOUC.

I've rewritten the scripts for stylish and put them up on userstyles.

http://userstyles.org/user/show/2560

you can also find the stylish extension page in the site menu.

it has the added benefit of updating the scripts automatically if they are updated.

[JonnySpeed]

my reply to thread and edit post is still grey - through the title box is white?

[penciLneck]

it might be greasemonkey. uninstall greasemonkey, then install the stylish extension and new scripts from the link above.

if that doesn't work, use some tippex.

[penciLneck]

ok. figured your problem out jonny.

you are using the advanced wysiwyg reply/post option. I've changed the userstyle for stylish to reflect this.

[marcel]

what's about the stylish extension? haven't heard about it until now. is it better than greasemonkey?

[penciLneck]

yes. I'd switch if I were you, if you don't need javascript in your page changes.

Stylish is for css changes. These changes also work much better in stylish, they apply instantly, and you can update easily. I forgot it was out there so used greasemonkey initially as I had it installed.

[penciLneck]

here are the two hacks again, updated for jonny's problem and for the stylish extension:

cursor: http://userstyles.org/style/show/2297

pink removal: http://userstyles.org/style/show/2298

[thembuzz]

cheers, neck! that's much better

[penciLneck]

there are some great styles for stylish on the userstyles site, check out this redesigned google search:

http://userstyles.org/style/show/843

[penciLneck]

another good stylish theme by jon hicks for Google Reader.

http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/google-reader-theme-09

[julian]

just reinstalled firefox, and greasemoneky, and the nf pink removal script, and, all of a sudden, i have to add google.co.uk to the excludes on the pink remover, else googles white background turns brown.

Any ideas?

[julian]

dont worry... sorted it now

didnt realise / forgott that the included pages wasnt included in the script itself

j

[penciLneck]

you should really be using the stylish extension for this, its much better.
look in this thread for links.

using greasemonkey is a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, and is really for js more than css.

[Orang Utan]

Can't you just fix it so we don't have to download any new-fangled software?

[penciLneck]

fix your udders.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

so how do I get rid of the pink background with greasemonkey? I've blocked the gradient image with adblock, need to get at the default colour...

[julian]

http://userstyles.org/style/search/no-future

..

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

nice cheers, bit more covert for work ;)

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

lol.. only a coder would call this plugin 'stylish'.

There really is nothing stylish about any of the styles linked on this page.. other than the no-future one ;)

[penciLneck]

oh good you got the joke then.

[thepigjockey]

harrr. even the noobjockey can figure out this stylish cursor ting, easy peasy.

[thepigjockey]

.. and if anyone still has doubts, I can tell you how to do it...

I feel all book-learned now. Lets get drunk and eat chicken fingers.