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Research/design better ways for us to inform user of css properties #1115

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Problem (Why)

There is a concern that some of our block settings will not be understood by a wider and less-technical audience. How can we communicate css properties in an easy to understand fashion? Things like tooltips etc to explain what properties are.

Impact (Who)

App Builders - especially low code, no code app builders

Existing

Check out demo for our current block settings>appearance which are more closely aligned to CSS properties.

Requirements (What)

What are more specific requirements that needs to take to consider this issue resolved.

  • Spend time looking at different appearance settings for various blocks to be familiar with current state
    Research other low-code web design tools to see how they provide CSS features to users in a palatable way
    Recently updated padding and margin setting modeled after Figma - can rereview if necessary!
    Simplify alignment options and directional areas for Container (prereq: bug ticket be resolved on functionality)
    Work through how to expose container position settings - Position, Top, Z-Index
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    Standardize to use pixels (no em or % in most cases) and % when appropriate (think specifically around responsiveness)
    Reset color can be more elegant
    Image

These are examples but there are likely other appearance settings that we may want to update - don't be restricted by this list!

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added theissue type on May 12, 2025
ehynd

ehynd commented on Jun 24, 2025

@ehynd

@Varthiny-V if youre out of tasks now, let's go to this one for the time being!

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        Research/design better ways for us to inform user of css properties · Issue #1115 · SEMOSS/semoss-ui