By stevekerouac on

I've tried searching for an answer to this to no avail.

I want to customise the appearance of status messages such as:

"The forum Discussion has been updated."
"The Page has been updated."
"Your password and further instructions have been sent to your e-mail address."

They typically use div class="messages status" and print the dialog-information_i.gif

I cannot find the CSS that is formatting them anywhere.

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styro commented

http://www.getfirebug.com/

It is a must for any CSS work. It will tell you exactly which style from which stylesheets apply to any element.

The exact CSS to change will depend on the theme you use.

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stevekerouac commented

Yes, since I discovered Firebug about two hours ago I've achieved more than the previous two days. But do you know where the code that generates the actual icon and text of status messages comes from? I don't want to use Locale...

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styro commented

You'll want to override this function in your theme:

http://api.drupal.org/api/function/theme_status_messages/5

More info:
http://drupal.org/node/11811

And the sample chapter of the Pro Drupal Development book was on theming.

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