Remove borders from several UI elements

[saschanaz]

• Browser: Firefox
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Link to page with the issue: Support [LegacyWindowAlias] servo/servo#24475
• Screenshot:

Currently several borderless elements e.g. .markdown-body code, .merge-pr-more-commits, .commit-ref etc. are bordered. This seems to be from older GitHub styling, maybe we should update them?

[the-j0k3r]

@saschanaz I believe those are intentional and not an opinionated intrusive change.
That said, if this is something you rather not see, feel free to use something like this.

/* ==UserStyle==
@name           GitHub Border Elements
@namespace      StylishThemes
@version        1.0.1
@description    Remove borders added to opinionated borderless GitHub elements.
@author         StylishThemes

@var checkbox enableBorders "Enable borders" 1

@preprocessor stylus
==/UserStyle== */
@-moz-document regexp("^https?://((gist|guides|help|lab|launch-editor|raw|resources|status|developer)\\.)?github\\.com/((?!generated_pages/preview).)*$"), domain("githubusercontent.com"), domain("graphql-explorer.githubapp.com"), domain("www.githubstatus.com") {
  if ( enableBorders == 0 ) {
    html body .markdown-body code,
    html body .merge-pr-more-commits,
    html body .commit-ref,
    html body .commit-link tt {
			border: 0 !important;
		}
	} else { 
    html body .markdown-body code,
    html body .merge-pr-more-commits,
    html body .commit-ref,
    html body .commit-link tt {
			border: inherit;
		}
	}
}

If you find any more selectors please let me know so I can add them to the style.

[saschanaz]

I'm not saying it's opinionated, I said it's likely to be from older GitHub style and then not updated later. (Because older GitHub style indeed had the exact same border.)

[the-j0k3r]

Could very well be but it seems purposeful though old a44670f + gives the elements more contrast and I like that symmetry.,in any case you have an optional out by using the style posted, I rather keep this as is here

[saschanaz]

Hmm, okay. Feel free to close this then.

[the-j0k3r]

Sure, but the offer still stands, if you find particular selectors you would like to follow the default style post them. These styles we create like the one posted inline above, to service our users needs will have a home and will be maintained be auto updatetable etc.

See the tags and #1008

[Mottie]

Hmm, I feel like we should keep the design consistent. I personally would remove the border. What do you think @silverwind?

[xt0rted]

I'm all for keeping this style as close to the original as possible, but doing that with these elements makes them much harder to see, at least with the current colors being used (even worse at night when using f.lux/nightlight/night shift).

I don't recall the branch labels ever having a border with the default style. As far back as 2014 these were light blue without a border (there was a drop shadow though) and before that they were black.

Inline code blocks used to have a border but I don't see value in removing it now. I've actually updated mine so they use a different text color which helps them stand out even more.

[the-j0k3r]

I'm all for keeping this style as close to the original as possible, but doing that with these elements makes them much harder to see

Yes thats the issue exactly, I say keep it as is, my eyesight isnt 20/20 and also with cheaper screens the contrast will be even worst.

[saschanaz]

doing that with these elements makes them much harder to see

For inline code blocks, background color #2a2a2a seems to work for my screen with night light.

[the-j0k3r]

For inline code blocks, background color #2a2a2a seems to work for my screen with night light.

Key words, for your screen

[saschanaz]

Key words, for your screen

Exactly. What do you think?

[the-j0k3r]

I think I would make the code blocks darker than the comment background and keep the borders as is for added contrast. Contrast is key.

On My desktop I have a great 27inch 4K screen running 2560x1440, I dont really have issue on this screen, but my laptop doesnt have a nice expensive screen and its 1920x1080 not only are things much smaller and colors more washed out (as its not IPS screen) for a 14 inch screen , so even at best much of the contrast of these and other elements is almost lost as is.

While I normally am all for keeping things close to default styles as possible, in some cases like this its better to improve on the original design and make it better.

[the-j0k3r]

@saschanaz updated inline style to workaround style not showing in stylus popup depending on checkbox value.

[the-j0k3r]

Style published at https://github.com/StylishThemes/Feature-Override-Styles/blob/master/github-dark-element-borders.user.css

All contributions welcome =)