Microthemer 3.0 General Support Questions

Hi there,

I’m glad you’re liking the new version!

Yes, you can still use Google fonts with version 3 (you could also do this with version 2). You simply select “Google Font…” from the font-family dropdown menu (first option in the list). This will automatically load a popup that will allow you to visually browse any google font. You many want to sort the fonts alphabetically and then click on a page number button if you have a particular font in mind. Click the “Use this font” link after selecting the variation e.g. “italic 700” (it will default to “normal” if you don’t choose a variation).

This feature will undergo some improvements in the 3.x series of Microthemer. It will definitely be easier to search for fonts, as they will be suggested as you type in a future release (rather than relying on sorting and pagination).

If you have any further questions please let me know,

Thanks
Sebastian

Hi Darron,

No problem at all.

1. “Select” elements (dropdown menus) are the only elements you can’t double-click with Microthemer. The recommended solution is to double-click something nearby and then use the directional controls in the advanced selector wizard to move focus onto the select element. Here’s the method:

Here’s the method.

1. Double-click just above or to the right of the dropdown menu
2. Click the advanced options link at the top right of the selector wizard
   Click the Inspector tab
3. Experiment with the direction arrow controls until highlighting covers the dropdown menu and the code in the textarea below starts with “<select “.
4. Note: the arrows up/down left/right won’t necessarily correspond to visual the position of things on the page. Some trial and error may be needed.
5. You may also want to make use the of “Targeting” tab on the selector wizard to broaden your targeting to every dropdown menu on the whole site (by dragging the slider handle right to the bottom).

2. Not sure what you’re asking here, would you mind elaborating? You should be able to see the site at all times while editing via the Microthemer interface – without any obstruction if you’re using version 3.

Many thanks,

Sebastian

Hi Darron,

I’m glad you got problem 2 sorted in the end. Btw which frontend builder are you using? In the not-too-distant future we’ll be doing a push to make sure Microthemer works well with all builders / the one(s) we deem to be superior.

Cheers,

Sebastian

Thanks for getting back to me Darron. Live composer is on the radar 🙂

Hi Rob,

Thanks for reporting the additional issue. It’s possible you may have accidentally stumbled across an old “feature” left over from version 2. If you double-click padding, margin or border property input fields it will set all fields to the same value (e.g. all padding to 1em, or all border-style to dotted).

We’re going to replace this feature with a more intuitive chain icon that can be toggled on/off to sync all the related fields.

This feature wasn’t given top priority because we’re trying to get the new docs out as soon as possible. We were aware that people wouldn’t necessarily discover the double-click to sync feature without watching the videos, but we hadn’t considered that people might accidentally trigger this functionality when it is undesirable. Would you like me to bump up the priority of the new chain icon system, or would you prefer for this adjustment to follow the release of new docs?

Cheers,

Sebastian

OK Rob, I’ll go ahead as planned.

Cheers!

Sebastian