Optimize header layout performance with flexbox mixins #5
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WalkthroughThe changes transition several CSS components from float-based layouts to flexbox-based layouts by introducing new SCSS flexbox mixins and refactoring relevant classes to use them. This includes updating header, topic, and badge components for alignment and ordering, and simplifying spacing and alignment in topic post actions. Changes
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SCSS_Mixins as Flexbox Mixins
participant Header as Header Styles
participant TopicPost as Topic Post Styles
participant Topic as Topic Styles
participant Badges as Badge Styles
SCSS_Mixins->>Header: Provides flexbox mixins
SCSS_Mixins->>TopicPost: Provides flexbox mixins
SCSS_Mixins->>Topic: Provides flexbox mixins
SCSS_Mixins->>Badges: Provides flexbox mixins
Header->>Header: Refactors layout to flexbox
TopicPost->>TopicPost: Refactors layout to flexbox
Topic->>Topic: Adjusts order and layout
Badges->>Badges: Replaces direct flex CSS with mixins
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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)
app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss (1)
35-40:margin-left:autoandorder()– pick one
margin-left:autoalready pushes.panelto the far right in the flex row, making@include order(3);redundant unless you are juggling multiple explicit orders. Simplify by keeping only the rule you actually need to avoid future confusion.app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss (1)
263-266: Floats inside.small-actionflex containerLike the header changes,
.small-actionis now a flexbox, yet.topic-avatarstill floats. This works today only because floated items are removed from flex flow, which defeats the purpose of flexbox centering and can create overlap in narrow viewports.Recommend eliminating the float and using
align-items/ margins for placement.
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app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss(2 hunks)app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss(3 hunks)app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss(1 hunks)app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss(1 hunks)app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/mixins.scss(1 hunks)
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app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss (1)
29-33:order()has no effect outside a flex container
.extra-info-wrapperis not itself inside a flexbox context in this file. Unless one of its ancestors setsdisplay:flex, the new@include order(2);andline-heighttweaks do nothing layout-wise.Please confirm the surrounding markup is now flex-enabled; otherwise this code can be removed to avoid confusion.
app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss (1)
55-58: Nice move to mixins – keep the direct properties outReplacing raw
display:inline-flex/align-itemswith the mixins improves vendor coverage and consistency. No issues spotted here. 👍app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss (1)
280-293: Padding regression checkPrevious left padding of
4emon.small-action-descwas dropped in favour of1.5%horizontal padding. This may pull the text underneath the avatar when viewport is wide. Make sure the avatar width + desired gap is still guaranteed, or switch to a fixedmargin-lefton.small-action-desc.
| @include flexbox(); | ||
| @include align-items(center); | ||
| } |
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Mixed floats inside new flex container can break layout
.contents is now a flex container, yet several direct children (.login-button, .icons, .valign-helper) still rely on float. Floats are taken out of normal flex flow, so expected alignment/ordering may fail (especially when wrapping).
Consider dropping float on those items and rely solely on flexbox:
- .login-button, button.sign-up-button {
- float: left;
+ .login-button,
+ button.sign-up-button {
/* let flexbox settle horizontal placement */🏁 Script executed:
#!/bin/bash
# Search for .contents selector and its context
echo "Searching for .contents in header.scss..."
rg -n "\.contents" app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss || echo "No .contents found"
echo -e "\nContext around .contents:"
rg -nC3 "\.contents" app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
# Search for float usage in header.scss
echo -e "\nSearching for float declarations:"
rg -n "float" app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
# Inspect rules for .login-button, button.sign-up-button, .icons, .valign-helper
for selector in "\.login-button" "sign-up-button" "\.icons" "\.valign-helper"; do
echo -e "\nContext for $selector:"
rg -nC3 "$selector" app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
doneLength of output: 2389
Remove floats and legacy alignment hacks from .contents children
.contents is now a flex container (@include flexbox() / align-items: center), but its direct children still use floats or the old inline‐block vertical-align hack. Floated items are taken out of the flex flow (and the inline-block hack is redundant), which can lead to unexpected ordering or wrapping issues.
Please update app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss as follows:
• Lines 42–47 (.login-button, button.sign-up-button):
- Remove
float: left;and let flexbox handle horizontal placement.
• Lines 53–56 (.icons): - Remove
float: left;to keep it in the flex flow.
• Lines 21–24 (.valign-helper): - Remove the inline-block/vertical-align hack—
align-items: centeron.contentsalready vertically centers its children.
Example diff:
- .login-button,
- button.sign-up-button {
- float: left;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 6px 10px;
.fa { margin-right: 3px; }
}
- .icons {
- float: left;
text-align: center;
margin: 0 0 0 5px;
}
- .valign-helper {
- display: inline-block;
- height: 100%;
- vertical-align: middle;
- }
+ .valign-helper {
+ /* Removed legacy hack; flex align-items handles vertical centering */
+ }Committable suggestion skipped: line range outside the PR's diff.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss around lines 17 to 19 and also
lines 21 to 24, 42 to 47, and 53 to 56, remove all float properties and the
inline-block vertical-align hacks from the direct children of the .contents flex
container. Specifically, delete float: left from .login-button,
button.sign-up-button, and .icons, and remove the inline-block and
vertical-align styles from .valign-helper. This will ensure all children
participate correctly in the flex layout and vertical alignment is handled by
align-items: center on .contents.
| @mixin align-items($alignment) { | ||
| -webkit-box-align: $alignment; | ||
| -webkit-align-items: $alignment; | ||
| -ms-flex-align: $alignment; | ||
| -ms-align-items: $alignment; | ||
| align-items:$alignment; | ||
| } | ||
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🛠️ Refactor suggestion
Remove non-existent -ms-align-items declaration
-ms-align-items never existed in any version of IE/Edge; the correct legacy property is -ms-flex-align. Keeping the unknown declaration is harmless but noisy and triggers linter warnings.
- -ms-flex-align: $alignment;
- -ms-align-items: $alignment;
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| @mixin align-items($alignment) { | |
| -webkit-box-align: $alignment; | |
| -webkit-align-items: $alignment; | |
| -ms-flex-align: $alignment; | |
| -ms-align-items: $alignment; | |
| align-items:$alignment; | |
| } | |
| @mixin align-items($alignment) { | |
| -webkit-box-align: $alignment; | |
| -webkit-align-items: $alignment; | |
| -ms-flex-align: $alignment; | |
| align-items:$alignment; | |
| } |
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/mixins.scss around lines 117 to 124,
remove the non-existent CSS property `-ms-align-items` from the align-items
mixin. Keep the correct legacy property `-ms-flex-align` and all other existing
declarations, eliminating the invalid line to prevent linter warnings and clean
up the code.
| @mixin order($val) { | ||
| -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val; | ||
| -moz-box-ordinal-group: $val; | ||
| -ms-flex-order: $val; | ||
| -webkit-order: $val; | ||
| order: $val; | ||
| } |
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Account for the 1-based value required by -webkit-box-ordinal-group
Old WebKit expects -webkit-box-ordinal-group to start at 1 (whereas modern order is zero-based). Passing $val: 0 will silently place the element after all positive-order elements in modern browsers but before them in legacy WebKit, yielding inconsistent ordering.
If you rely on order(0), increment the first assignment:
- -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val;
+ // +1 to map zero-based order to WebKit’s one-based model
+ -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val + 1;(Or document that $val must be ≥ 1.)
Adjust -webkit-box-ordinal-group to one-based indexing
Legacy WebKit’s -webkit-box-ordinal-group starts at 1 (whereas modern order is zero-based). To keep ordering consistent when you pass $val: 0, increment the value by 1:
• File: app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/mixins.scss
• Lines: 125–131
@mixin order($val) {
- -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val;
+ // +1 to map zero-based order to WebKit’s one-based model
+ -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val + 1;
-moz-box-ordinal-group: $val;
-ms-flex-order: $val;
-webkit-order: $val;
order: $val;
}If you’d rather avoid this adjustment, update your docs to require $val ≥ 1.
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| @mixin order($val) { | |
| -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val; | |
| -moz-box-ordinal-group: $val; | |
| -ms-flex-order: $val; | |
| -webkit-order: $val; | |
| order: $val; | |
| } | |
| @mixin order($val) { | |
| // +1 to map zero-based order to WebKit’s one-based model | |
| -webkit-box-ordinal-group: $val + 1; | |
| -moz-box-ordinal-group: $val; | |
| -ms-flex-order: $val; | |
| -webkit-order: $val; | |
| order: $val; | |
| } |
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/mixins.scss around lines 125 to 131,
the -webkit-box-ordinal-group property uses zero-based indexing but requires
one-based indexing. To fix this, increment the $val by 1 when assigning it to
-webkit-box-ordinal-group to ensure consistent ordering with the other
properties. This means changing the value for -webkit-box-ordinal-group to $val
+ 1.
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