The UI is falling apart after recent GH updates

[oleq]

This happens to the link UI, tables UI, mentions, etc.

1k+ people are using this extension. Maybe there's some easy way to address these issues?

[pomek]

Github Writer uses the !important statement and some variables that may no longer exist in the scope.

To fix the issue, we should:

• find non-existing variables used by GH Writer and replace them with new, existing variables,
• stop using !important when aligning the editor's design (CSS) to the Github page.

[Mgsy]

Before the changes, GitHub was storing those variables in framework.css. A snapshot of the file containing variables used by GitHub Writer could be found here. It seems that a good place to start will be analyzing a current theme's stylesheet, as there are many variables defined.

[fredck]

stop using !important when aligning the editor's design (CSS) to the Github page.

This is unfortunately not that simple. We don't have control on the building and loading order of some CSS that get into conflict. For example, many of the !important usage is to overcome the CKEditor reset styles themselves.