Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

by George Kao -
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How can I go about eliminating the double-spacing between the subject headings while "displaying replies in threaded form"?  This will save a lot of scrolling.

Is my question making sense?

This issue was brought up by one of my faculty members during his orientation to Moodle.  Fresh perspectives can be invaluable.

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Re: Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

by George Kao -

Can anyone provide any hints for this?

I went into mod/forum/discuss.php but didn't know what to look for... mixed

Thanks for any suggestions.

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Re: Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

by Mike Churchward -
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The code that prints that out is in '/mod/forum/lib.php' in the function 'forum_print_posts_threaded'. You would need to take out the <p> tags surrounding each thread item, but that will still leave double spaces between each top-level item - they are each a separate unordered list.

You could probably do some CSS tricks around the whole thing - change the <ul> and <p> spacing for example. That would probably be easier and use less cutomization. But are you sure this is really going to buy you a lot? No matter what, when you've got an active forum there will be scrolling.

mike
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Re: Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

by George Kao -

Thanks for the suggestions, Mike. 

The reason I want to do this is because I'm trying to transition a whole school (small right now, but still an institution) from Blackboard-brainwashed to Moodle-enthusiasts.  I want to show them that Moodle forums gives them multiple forum views including what they're already used to on Blackboard, namely, the threaded discussion view minus the double-spacing between the subject headings.

Sounds like it may be a complicated thing to do...  mixed

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Re: Take out double-spacing in "threaded" forum view...

by Mike Churchward -
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There's a hack that will do this...

In the 'forum_print_threaded_posts' function in '/mod/forum/lib.php', you can add a <div> block around the threaded area that reduces the line height.

Look for the lines:

   if ($posts = forum_get_child_posts($parent)) {
        foreach ($posts as $post) {
            echo "<ul>";

Then add the line "echo '<div style="line-height: .25em;">';" to just before the <ul> tag is output. Close that <div> tag just before the end loop.

Unfortunately, there is no identifying CSS classes or id's to take advantage of or you could do it in the theme.

mike
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