924855 - [In-content] Syntax boxes

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect)

Description

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

We have syntax boxes.

They are of two kinds: singled box, with only the syntax, or double boxes with the second part containing code samples.

The content of the first box can be very large and we need a visual clue if it overflow (there is no easy way to cut the content at the right place, this may be a long-term project, but no way to do this before the launch.

It is very important content and must attract the eye. We have feedback to make this more important even by moving it up the page.

I'll attach a few examples of syntax boxes.

Comment 1

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

Attachment: Basic two-box syntax widget

The wording: "Formal syntax" is not common to all syntax boxes, it may be something else or nothing

Comment 2

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

Attachment: SIngle box syntax box that overflow.

Comment 3

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

Attachment: A complex syntax box as displayed on a 15" screen

Here we see one of the problem of the redesign where such syntax box are unusable on 15" displays nowadays.