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    • P Offline
      petersaal
      last edited by

      I found the same problem last week. The source of the problem is the Safari update that Apple pushed out last week (5.1.7). Here's a work-around for dynamic components: make the following edits in red to the manager.css and configurator.css files. (located in Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Tools/Dynamic Components/css)

      In Manager.css:

      .edit-field {
      position: absolute;
      border-top: 2px solid #3063C9;
      border-left: 2px solid #3063C9;
      border-right: 2px solid #A5C4FF;
      border-bottom: 2px solid #A5C4FF;
      background-color: white; font-size: 12px;
      font-family: sans-serif;
      width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      overflow: hidden;
      padding-left: 2px;
      padding-top: 1px;
      border: 1px solid #000000;
      }

      In Configurator.css:

      .config-field {
      width: 100%;
      font-size: 11px;
      font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
      height: 22px;
      background-color: white;
      border: 1px solid #000000;
      }

      .config-field-readonly {
      width: 100%;
      font-size: 11px;
      font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
      height: 22px;
      background-color: threedface;
      border: 1px solid #000000;
      }

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      • R Offline
        rdeath
        last edited by

        Hi, i have located the manager.css and configurator.css files and opened them. I don't seem to be able to edit them. Can you point me in the right direction. THX for finding the problem it's been driving me nuts. Look forward to your help

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          @rdeath said:

          I don't seem to be able to edit them.

          Why not? Open it in a plain text editor (not a word processor) and you can simply copy/paste those lines then save.

          Gai...

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          • R Offline
            rdeath
            last edited by

            Ok, I have done all that RESTARTED iMAC and things don't seem to have changed.....? Any ideas..?


            black feilds.jpg

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            • Dan RathbunD Offline
              Dan Rathbun
              last edited by

              @rdeath said:

              Ok, I have done all that RESTARTED iMAC and things don't seem to have changed.....? Any ideas..?

              Clear your browser cache (or temporary internet files directory.)

              I'm not here much anymore.

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              • M Offline
                mwm5053
                last edited by

                Still no luck

                2011 iMac
                SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
                V2 Twilight
                macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @mwm5053 said:

                  Well by the subject you can tell my problem. It seems to be native to my computer. Mac OSX 10.7 using SU 8 Pro the same DC comp. on my WIN laptop are correctly displayed. The peculiar thing is the DC comp. from Google are able to change dim.

                  that's odd.. (i'm seeing the same behavior..)

                  the items are still editable, it's just that the black is the same color as the text so you can see it.. if you triple click an entry, the field will highlight in blue so you can see it.. (when blue, push delete then enter your new numbers ..albeit blindly)

                  heres a shot after focusing the component options dialog then selectAll-- 😕 😕


                  screen 2012-05-22 at 10.04.52 PM.jpg

                  dotdotdot

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                  • A Offline
                    Aerilius
                    last edited by

                    @rdeath said:

                    Ok, I have done all that RESTARTED iMAC and things don't seem to have changed.....? Any ideas..?

                    Your image shows a website (that is loaded from the internet and can't use these css hacks). Does it at least work for components options?

                    @mwm5053 said:

                    Still no luck

                    Can you check again that all the css properties are separated with a semi-colon? I think you forgot one in %(#000000)[.config_field].

                    Another idea, would a WebView also accept a user stylesheet (that would override the default background in all websites+webdialogs in SketchUp)?

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                    • M Offline
                      mwm5053
                      last edited by

                      I saw that and thanks for pointing that out but still seeing black fields. Jeff's solution did allow me to change width dimension ultimately. I don't think this a SU thing however I believe it was an update to the Safai browser for Macs after the Flashback incident. From what I've read it not only effected SU but other programs that use webdialog boxes on Mac. Emptying the cache hasn't proved to be useful either.

                      2011 iMac
                      SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
                      V2 Twilight
                      macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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                      • R Offline
                        rdeath
                        last edited by

                        OK, purged cache in Safari and still no luck...!! anything else i can try..??? this is VERY frustrating..!!


                        CSS feilds.jpg

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                        • P Offline
                          petersaal
                          last edited by

                          Move "font-size: 12px;" down to its own line. I had that on the same line as background-color and that's an error on my part.

                          If that doesn't do the trick, the only difference might be the OS X version. I'm still on 10.6 and I don't have a way to test 10.7.

                          Just to be clear: this fix is only for dynamic components. It will not fix the 3D Warehouse search box or any other affected software on the mac.

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                          • L Offline
                            lwerner
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for posting this workaround! It worked perfectly for me. (On OSX 10.7.4 Lion, Sketchup 8.0.14345 Pro)

                            Laura

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                            • M Offline
                              mwm5053
                              last edited by

                              @ Petersall

                              I followed your suggestion and didn't seem to make any differance 😞
                              Did I do it right?

                              Edit Went back and corrected a few errors and fine now.


                              manager.css.jpg


                              configure .css.jpg

                              2011 iMac
                              SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
                              V2 Twilight
                              macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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                              • JuantxoJ Offline
                                Juantxo
                                last edited by

                                When I updated to Safari to 5.1.7 in Mac Leopard webdialogs boxes turn black in Sketchup.
                                I've installed an older version of safari with pacifist and now it works again.

                                http://www.charlessoft.com/ (pacifist software)
                                http://mac.oldapps.com/safari.php (Safari 5.1.1 (Snow Leopard))

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                                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                  jeff hammond
                                  last edited by

                                  @lwerner said:

                                  Thanks for posting this workaround! It worked perfectly for me. (On OSX 10.7.4 Lion, Sketchup 8.0.14345 Pro)

                                  Laura

                                  ditto.. works fine for me too..
                                  thanks peter.

                                  dotdotdot

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                                  • T Offline
                                    TeamSDA
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi All,

                                    The fix Peter provided worked for the fields in my DC options window. But when I open my custom attributes window and look at the "Display Label" it is black as well. I couldn't find the style in the css style sheet that changed this input field. Does anyone know the style I need to change.

                                    Custom Attributes

                                    (On OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, Sketchup 8.0.14345 Pro)

                                    Regards,
                                    Christian

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                                    • M Offline
                                      mwm5053
                                      last edited by

                                      @juantxo said:

                                      When I updated to Safari to 5.1.7 in Mac Leopard webdialogs boxes turn black in Sketchup.
                                      I've installed an older version of safari with pacifist and now it works again.

                                      http://www.charlessoft.com/ (pacifist software)
                                      http://mac.oldapps.com/safari.php (Safari 5.1.1 (Snow Leopard))

                                      Update If you find more black dialoge boxes blacked out like in profile builder or at 3d warehose this solution of Juantxo will work for all blacked
                                      out dialoge boxes follow instructions on this page to revert Safari back to 5.1.1 even though it's for a earlier ver.

                                      favicon

                                      (appletoolbox.com)

                                      2011 iMac
                                      SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
                                      V2 Twilight
                                      macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        fwiw, i did the DC fix a while ago and yes, it works but as mentioned in this thread, it only works with the DC dialog.. skindigo was also exhibiting this blacked out behavior so i eventually downgraded safari using the method mentioned by Juantxo a few posts back.. pacifist with an older version of safari..

                                        and that fixes everything in sketchup instead of just the DC dialog.

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • M Offline
                                          mwm5053
                                          last edited by

                                          I wonder if this has been reported to apple so the next Safari update will resolve this? BTW Still love my MAC

                                          2011 iMac
                                          SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
                                          V2 Twilight
                                          macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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                                          • D Offline
                                            driven
                                            last edited by

                                            I'm using the developer release of Safari 6 and the problem remains in SU.

                                            Safari's User Agent Style Sheet, handles the input border correctly but SU doesn't use that, so it's a WebCore update that's needed. i'm looking for a patch at the moment.

                                            john

                                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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