just-the-docs/_sass/base.scss
Matt Wang 4151d4614e
Fix font-size scaling for text-related CSS properties by using rem instead of fixed px values; deprecate $root-font-size (#1169)
This PR replaces all uses of `px` in relation to font size (opposed to borders, spacing, etc.) with the equivalent `rem` value when the body font size is `16px`. The intention is to better scale the website when the user changes the font size for `<body>` (often done for accessibility reasons).

This PR is technically a **breaking change**, though it's a minor one (see subheading below). I'm putting this up so that we can discuss it as a community.

(technically closes #1088 and fixes #1073, but let's see if we end up merging this)

## mechanics

To do this, I systematically went through every `px` value for all `.scss` files. Then, I deleted the `rem` function, the `_functions.scss` file (that was the only function there), and removed the import from `support.scss`. A nice side effect of this is that we no longer perform any SASS division.

The only remaining uses of `px` are for either:

- border-related properties
- shadow-related properties
- sizing for "non-text" elements (ex `hr`, `blockquote` decorative spacing)
- `$root-font-size` (see below)

The only pixel value change in this PR is the `padding-left` for `blockquote`, which I've changed from `15px` to `1rem` (which is `16px` in the "stock" theme).

## deprecating `$root-font-size`

There's a SCSS variable called `$root-font-size`. It is used in two places:

1. the `rem()` function
2. the `.site-title` when printing (i.e. a `@print` style)

The changes I listed above let us ignore the first case. The second case seems like it has the intention of matching the body font size, so I replaced it with `1rem`.

We can choose to leave the variable in (in case others use it in custom code - which I'm sure that some do) and leave a deprecation notice, or just remove it now. I'm leaning towards the former, which is less disruptive.

## how users would upgrade

This is a breaking change of *some* sorts, but the change is very straightforward for users:

1. If they do not change `$root-font-size`, they need to do nothing; this PR is a no-op.
2. if they do change `$root-font-size`
    - they should instead set the `font-size` of `body` with the appropriate `px` value
    - optionally, they can replace all custom code that uses `$root-font-size` with `1rem` (find-and-replace works here)
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// Base element style overrides
// stylelint-disable selector-no-type, selector-max-type, selector-max-specificity, selector-max-id
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html {
@include fs-4;
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
body {
font-family: $body-font-family;
font-size: inherit;
line-height: $body-line-height;
color: $body-text-color;
background-color: $body-background-color;
overflow-wrap: break-word;
}
ol,
ul,
dl,
pre,
address,
blockquote,
table,
div,
hr,
form,
fieldset,
noscript .table-wrapper {
margin-top: 0;
}
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
#toctitle {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 1em;
font-weight: 500;
line-height: $body-heading-line-height;
color: $body-heading-color;
}
p {
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
a {
color: $link-color;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:not([class]) {
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration-color: $border-color;
text-underline-offset: 2px;
&:hover {
text-decoration-color: rgba($link-color, 0.45);
}
}
code {
font-family: $mono-font-family;
font-size: 0.75em;
line-height: $body-line-height;
}
figure,
pre {
margin: 0;
}
li {
margin: 0.25em 0;
}
img {
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
hr {
height: 1px;
padding: 0;
margin: $sp-6 0;
background-color: $border-color;
border: 0;
}
// adds a GitHub-style sidebar to blockquotes
blockquote {
margin: 10px 0;
// resets user-agent stylesheets for blockquotes
margin-block-start: 0;
margin-inline-start: 0;
padding-left: 1rem;
border-left: 3px solid $border-color;
}