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Should we have any mandatory stuctural elements in skins?
 
   
  
 
 
My initial thought was - mark up all pure content elements with some naming convention. For example ab_q_title would be class name for question title, or ab_query_id id of search query input element. Postfix _id would make id's distinct from classes.
 
The question is - should we also have some mandatory structural blocks? I.e. container types that would group elements like question title, question toolbar (with delete, edit, etc. links), etc.
 
Originally I though that we shouldn't because structure items like that enforce layout which will make building alternative layouts harder.
 
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Yes, wrappers would be a great thing! I've already come across a few bumps while customizing the default template where a wrapper DIV would have come in very handy. 
 
I think it's possible to make those wrappers "layout neutral" - if necessary, by forcing a "display: inline" on them while customizing. It will require changing two classes instead of just one in case of deeper customizations, but that is an okay price to pay IMO.
 
 
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        we can probably re-use them too. I don't think you can make any container layout neutral though, without some absolute positioning tricks. For example a layout for mobile device version will probably very different - e.g. all the little links will be best taken outside into a separate toolbox.
      
 
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 @Pekka, maybe we should add a separate marker class for container? or it will be overkill?
      
 
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 @Evgeny can you specify what you mean by the separate marker class? You mean a specific class that is applied to all containers? 
      
 
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