ENH-176: Rollback Bold Font in Decision Records Overview Table ¶

1 Status ¶

	Date	Status
	20-05-2026	Proposed
	20-05-2026	Accepted
	20-05-2026	In-Progress
▶	20-05-2026	Implemented

2 Context ¶

ENH-173 introduced bold font in the Decision Records Overview page (build/decisions/overview.html) for column headers, the # cell, and the Title cell — via three CSS rules scoped to table.controlled.decisions_overview.

After using the Almirah tool on real projects, the bold styling visibly contradicts the Specifications Index and other index pages, which render their table.controlled tables in normal weight. The overview now looks heavier than every other index page in the same build.

3 Decision ¶

Rollback all bold-font styling introduced by ENH-173 in the Decision Records Overview table. The overview shall render headers and all body cells in normal weight, matching the other index pages.

Remove the three CSS rules from lib/almirah/templates/css/main.css:

table.controlled.decisions_overview th { font-weight: bold; }
table.controlled.decisions_overview td.item_id { font-weight: bold; }
table.controlled.decisions_overview td.item_text { font-weight: bold; }

The decisions_overview class on the table element is retained — it is still useful as an opt-in hook for future per-overview styling, and is also used by enh-175-overview-sort-id context.

4 Scope ¶

Item	Status	Start Date	Target Date	Description
Code	Done	20-05-2026	20-05-2026	Three `font-weight: bold` rules scoped to `table.controlled.decisions_overview` removed from `main.css`

Cosmetic change — no requirements or end-to-end tests added.

5 Out of Scope ¶

Removal of the decisions_overview CSS class itself.
Changes to other ENH-173 outcomes: clickable # hyperlink, three appended columns (Start Date, Target Date, Owner), and sort order from enh-175-overview-sort-id all remain.
Bold styling in any other page or table.

6 Consequences ¶

6.1 Positive ¶

Decision Records Overview visually matches the Specifications Index and other index pages.

6.2 Negative ¶

Loss of the visual hierarchy added by ENH-173 (headers and Title no longer stand out). Accepted as the price of cross-page consistency.

6.3 Neutral ¶

The decisions_overview class remains available for future scoped styling.

7 Alternatives Considered ¶

Bold the headers/Title across all index pages instead. Rejected: wider change than the observed UX issue requires; consistency restored by rolling back is sufficient.

8 Software Versions ¶

Software Version Category	Software Version ID
Latest Released Version	0.3.1
Issue Found in Version	0.4.0
Target Release Version	0.4.0

9 References ¶

ENH-173 — introduced the bold styling being rolled back here
ENH-175 — adjacent overview-page enhancement