Limbic~Region wondered if it's only for preview. I assumed it was and was surprised to see it after submitting. But, that suggests to me, with your explanation for the purpose of the feature, that it apply to ones own nodes only, in the same situations when you have the text box for updating.

The css for the default theme has that background at color 238 x 3, or #EEE.

The flush-to-the-edge of the text might be more of an issue with an LCD monitor, since it anti-aliases across pixel boundaries.

As for being (not) hard to fix, it's only simple if you have browser tools available and know how to use them. I had first looked at the provided settings and not finding it there dug in to the DOM explorer.

In reply to Re^2: background in <readmore> tags (concrete) by John M. Dlugosz
in thread background in <readmore> tags by John M. Dlugosz

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