Adventures in Scrolling: Select Code to Download

[QM]

Is it possible to put the link for "d/l this" and the checkbox for "Select #?" at the top of the column they're in, rather than in the vertical center?

I seem to generate significant annoyance points while scrolling down a long piece of code looking for this. Or perhaps there's an easier way for me to get there without Perlmonks changing to suit my shortcoming?

[bmann]

Depending on your browser, you could use "On-Site CSS Markup" in your user settings to change this.

If you use Firefox/Mozilla, try adding

input[value="Download Selected Code"] + br + table td{
  vertical-align: top;
}

to your user style sheet.

If you use IE (or you don't care if all td's get aligned to the top)^*, add

td {
  vertical-align: top;
}

to your user style sheet.

IE doesn't support adjacent sibling selectors. In the few minutes I spent looking at this I didn't see a way for IE to see just the "d/l this" td's without using javascript.

^* I think just "d/l code" and "reply-dl/code" will visibly change, but don't quote me on that ;)

[QM]

If you use IE (or you don't care if all td's get aligned to the top)...

Actually, I have the same annoyance with "reply/select/download" shown in the thread listing to the right of replies to the original post. I think all of these elements should be in the same place (in an absolute sense), regardless of the length of the node text (not in a relative sense). The top is a little easier to find, but the bottom makes it a little more difficult to reply/download without reading something of the post.

Update: I've tried both in Firefox, and decided on the later, at least for now. (Are there any tds that shouldn't be modified this way?)

[tye]

In Re: New displaytype 'selectcode' (concise), I wrote:

I'd replace the table with "<p>checkbox, d/l link<br />first few lines of code...last few lines of code</p>". [...] separating check boxes with huge chunks of code doesn't seem like a great interface...

Along with other suggestions, in case someone wants to improve this.

[demerphq]

This is done more or less. Although i used an ordered list instead of just 'p' tags.

[tye]

Looks good. Thanks!