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RE: 7.2 A1 - Web Content Within Fragments - Look and Feel Not Accessible

Lee Jordan, modified 6 Years ago.
7.2 A1 - Web Content Within Fragments - Look and Feel Not Accessible
Expert Posts: 449 Join Date: 5/26/15 Recent Posts
Currently when adding a layout within a fragment and then a web content widget into a column, the user would be able to set a background image or color of the layout itself. However it's impossible to access the look and feel configuration of that web content directly from the editing session or use a similar menu to the fragment's color picker without having to hunt for the web content in Content > Web Content.

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Allow the widget's "topper" to have configuration options typically found when interacting with web content on a widget page.

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Jorge Ferrer, modified 6 Years ago.
RE: 7.2 A1 - Web Content Within Fragments - Look and Feel Not Accessible
Liferay Legend Posts: 2871 Join Date: 8/31/06 Recent Posts
Hey Lee,

Thanks for the feedback.

We have explicitly decided to not provide access to the "Look & Feel" pop-up from Standard Pages. The reason is that, while great for web developers, that pop-up is way too powerful for less technical users and it's way too hard to achieve a good looking result. 

We are considering adding some styling capabilities, but only as we see strong evidence of the need, to avoid falling onto the trap of complicating the UI as happened with Widget Pages.
Lee Jordan, modified 6 Years ago.
RE: 7.2 A1 - Web Content Within Fragments - Look and Feel Not Accessible
Expert Posts: 449 Join Date: 5/26/15 Recent Posts
Yeah no kidding! I've seen users do some crazy stuff in look and feel.

​​​​​​​I wonder if the background property of the widget could be exposed though to help with in particular basic web content legibility. Users will find a way LOL.