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MediaWiki theme: Toolbar border too strong
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The 4px border under the toolbar (or is it a shadow) is far too strong in the overall context of the page. It connects to the left border of the Apex content area which is 1px and light blue, and contrasting to that stands out as the widest divider on the page. The message we should be sending is that the toolbar and the edit surface are in fact deeply linked.

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Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from MediaWiki theme: toolbar border too strong to MediaWiki theme: Toolbar border too strong.Jan 7 2015, 7:31 PM
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Good point Ed, we're working on solutions for this too.

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Also on the subject of shadows, the regular shadow on the toolbar popup looks, at regular zoom levels, like a translucent box that slightly overlaps the border, which I don't believe is the intention.

Removed this from description, this is tracked as T78083, let's keep it separate.

Hey Ed, sorry I thought phab would ping this task. I've created a new task here T86693. Would appreciate your feedback there!

Change 197926 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
Reduce thickness of toolbar border in MediaWiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/197926

Change 197926 merged by jenkins-bot:
Reduce thickness of toolbar border in MediaWiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/197926

This bug, as filed, has been fixed by Ed's change. Further improvements to toolbar design are being discussed on T86693.