feat: improve HTML output styling by sumitakhuli · Pull Request #44 · edulinq/quiz-composer

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-21T19:54:06Z

Fixes #36

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feat: Improve HTML Output Styling

What

Adds professional styling to the HTML quiz output. Previously, no styles were applied.

Card-based layout with blue/indigo accents (quiz.css)
Output is a single self-contained .html — CSS embedded inline by default
Correct answers highlighted green when using --key flag
Improved inline code and math element styles

How

HTMLTemplateConverter reads quiz.css at init and passes it to Jinja2 as a style_config global. quiz.template embeds it in a <style> tag. Answer-key highlighting uses a qg-correct class conditionally added in the MCQ/MA/TF templates. All CSS is scoped under .qg-* — no changes to HTML structure.

- Add quiz.css stylesheet with professional design (card layout, blue accents, clean typography, responsive) using existing qg-* class names - Update quiz.template to embed CSS inline (self-contained .html) via style_config Jinja global; support extra_css injection and opt-out - Update HTMLTemplateConverter to accept style_config dict with keys: inline_css, include_default_css, extra_css - Add qg-correct CSS highlight class to MCQ / MA / TF answer templates for answer-key mode - Update partials/question.template to inject qg-answer-key class - Improve code_inline inline style (background, border-radius, border) in parser/renderer/html.py ADDITIONAL_STYLE - Update math_inline margin to 0.3em in math.py and renderer - Update test snapshots in code.json, equation.json, table.json

eriq-augustine

A good start.

There is a big inconsistency in this PR right now.
The parser (e.g., quizcomp/parser/renderer/html.py) has functionality to render elements to HTML,
and it currently includes some style with that.
But if we can now handle our style globally, should we still include the style?
This PR needs to address this design issue.

quizcomp/converter/html.py

eriq-augustine · 2026-02-21T21:29:48Z

quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css

+/*
+ * quiz-composer — HTML Quiz Stylesheet
+ *
+ * This stylesheet is used by the edq-html template set.
+ * All rules are scoped to the .qg-* class hierarchy so they don't
+ * conflict with any host-page styles when the quiz is embedded.
+ */


This seems like an unnecessary comment.
It doesn't really add anything, and we don't have comments like this elsewhere.

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quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css

quizcomp/parser/renderer/html.py

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-21T22:37:38Z

Thanks for the feedback. I will go through them and make all the required changes.

- Remove style_config / extra_css / include_default_css options from HTMLTemplateConverter; CSS is always embedded inline (simpler, correct) - Rename fh -> css_file for clarity; add whitespace around operators - Simplify quiz.template: remove all style_config conditionals - Refactor quiz.css: replace hardcoded colors/sizes with CSS custom properties (:root vars), shorten font stack to system-ui, remove section-header comments and inline comments - Revert code_inline ADDITIONAL_STYLE to margins only (0.25em) -- visual styling (background, colour, border) handled by .qg-quiz code in quiz.css instead, addressing design inconsistency feedback - Update test snapshots in code.json, table.json to match reverted style

Replace inline style="font-weight: 400; color: #7b8ab8" on the question points span with a qg-quiz-question-points CSS class, keeping all styling in quiz.css consistent with the PR's approach.

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-22T01:23:39Z

@eriq-augustine, I have made the changes as you have requested. Please let me know if any other changes are required

eriq-augustine · 2026-02-22T01:25:23Z

No need to comment on comments that require no further discussion.
Keep in mind what things will look like for the reviewer.
When they re-review a PR, they should only see things that need action on their part.
So, all comments should be either resolved (via the resolve button), or commented on if further discussion is required.
Also, reviewers may get an email for each comment you make.

Note that this also applies when a reviewer asks a question in a comment,
and you agree with the premise of the question and make changes accordingly.
For example, if a review says: "Shouldn't this be 1?",
then you can just resolve if you agree that it should be 1 and you make that change.
Only comment if further discussion is required.

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-22T01:41:19Z

Thanks for the clarification — that makes sense. Sorry about the unnecessary notifications earlier; I wasn’t aware each comment triggers an email. I’ll make sure to resolve comments that don’t need further discussion and only leave replies where follow-up is actually required, to keep re-reviews clean and actionable.

eriq-augustine

Please slow down and take your time.
There were some mistakes here that should have been caught.
Make sure to thoroughly review your code.

Consistency also seems to be a fairly large issue throughout your code (noted in some comments).
Please be careful to be consistent.

Once again, you have not addressed (or commented on) the core inconsistency between styling done withing the parser and styling done by the templating (i.e. quiz.css).
For example, these are in conflict:

PR: https://github.com/sumitakhuli/quiz-composer-GSoC/blob/4e29826055e795453e36fd7fec679cd440f8efe9/quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css#L304
Current: https://github.com/edulinq/quiz-composer/blob/main/quizcomp/parser/renderer/html.py#L154
- See also: https://github.com/edulinq/quiz-composer/blob/main/docs/styling.md#tables
  (As a reviewer, it is not good to not address a big thing that I left in my previous review.)

quizcomp/converter/html.py

eriq-augustine · 2026-02-22T01:27:01Z

quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css

+/*
+ * quiz-composer — HTML Quiz Stylesheet
+ *
+ * This stylesheet is used by the edq-html template set.
+ * All rules are scoped to the .qg-* class hierarchy so they don't
+ * conflict with any host-page styles when the quiz is embedded.
+ */


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quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-22T02:19:51Z

Thanks for the feedback. I will get back to you once I have solved the problem mentioned in the comments

quiz.css: - Rename --qg-color-brand -> --qg-color-accent (and brand-dark -> accent-dark) - Rename --qg-color-muted -> --qg-color-text-secondary (be explicit about what) - Rename --qg-color-correct-txt -> --qg-color-correct-text (consistent with text vs txt) - Rename --qg-color-correct-bd -> --qg-color-correct-border (explicit) - Add CSS variables for font-size (base, sm, lg), font-weight (normal, semibold, bold), and max-width; use them throughout - Use rem consistently (remove mixed px font-sizes; keep px only for 1px borders) - Fix fieldset>div -> fieldset > div (whitespace around binary operators) - Remove table CSS section (.qg-quiz table/th/td) -- conflicts with inline styles applied by parser/renderer/html.py per user style config (table-cell-height, table-cell-width, etc. in docs/styling.md#tables) html.py: - Restore os.path.isfile() guard before opening CSS file tests/documents/good/code.json: - Restore blank lines between test entries (accidentally removed earlier)

sumitakhuli · 2026-02-23T21:59:43Z

Refactor: address the second round of PR review feedback
quiz.css:

Rename the Constants with proper Naming.
Add CSS variables for font-size (base, sm, lg), font-weight (normal,
semibold, bold), and max-width; use them throughout
Use rem consistently (remove mixed px font-sizes; keep px only for 1px borders)
Restore os.path.isfile() guard before opening CSS file
Restore blank lines between test entries (accidentally removed earlier)
Extensively updated test snapshots in tests/documents, tests/questions.

I have implemented all the points you mentioned earlier and made the required changes.

eriq-augustine

I stopped the review early.
There is a comment that has not been addressed twice!

This is unacceptible.
Take your time, no PR from you will be reviewed by EduLinq for at least a week.
Take that time to go over your code carefully.

eriq-augustine · 2026-02-23T22:23:30Z

quizcomp/converter/html.py

+        css_path = os.path.join(template_dir, CSS_FILENAME)
+        if (not os.path.isfile(css_path)):
+            raise ValueError("Could not find CSS file: '%s'" % (css_path))


This should probably be a warning instead of a throw.
There could be instances of people who don't want external CSS.

eriq-augustine · 2026-02-23T22:24:12Z

quizcomp/data/templates/edq-html/quiz.css

+/*
+ * quiz-composer — HTML Quiz Stylesheet
+ *
+ * This stylesheet is used by the edq-html template set.
+ * All rules are scoped to the .qg-* class hierarchy so they don't
+ * conflict with any host-page styles when the quiz is embedded.
+ */


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sumitakhuli · 2026-02-24T14:45:08Z

You’re right — I missed that comment, and I’m sorry for the oversight and the extra review churn. I’ll take the time to rework the PR carefully, address the CSS handling appropriately, and make sure all comments are fully resolved before requesting another review.

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Replace inline style="font-weight: 400; color: #7b8ab8" on the question points span with a qg-quiz-question-points CSS class, keeping all styling in quiz.css consistent with the PR's approach.

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