Core variables for userpic and navlinks position?

[branchandroot]

Changing the userpic and navlinks locations seems to be something a fair number of users want. I have gotten repeated requests via pm for css to either change the side of the entry the userpic appears on or move the navlinks from the sidebar to the header. I imagine some of the other designers get these also, especially for the layouts where it's more complicated than float:left instead of right. It seems as though this is something we should work on addressing in the wizard. If there were a wizard-settable core variable, let us say position_userpic, that could be set to "left" or "right", then it would be relatively simple to include css for both as a local variable in any layout. The same is true for the navlinks, though those can be a little more of a chore to switch gracefully.

Should this be added as an enhancement/bug?

ETA: I am talking about CSS positioning for the navlinks, not altering the html.

Comments

[branchandroot]

*frowns* Wait a minute, you're thinking to hang the navlinks position css on the module grouping property?

...that seems like bad metadata usage.

And, since the TR layout children inherit the TR module grouping, how is that supposed to allow the positioning of a module in the notional "header"?

[ninetydegrees]

No, as I explained, I'm trying to see if you can edit the values for the navlinks prop only or if you need to create a new prop or what.

Because you can edit properties/create your own in your layer. I did it for Funky Circles. Zvi's doing it for Refried Tablet. Both are TR-based.