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You might want to file an issue against civicrm_theme module on drupal.org and see if doug can extend civicrm_theme to do the needful

I just checked the civicrm_theme module and it seems like it themes all the civicrm pages. Note that CiviCRM does not    have any "drupal admin" pages, all admin is done in the civicrm module itself.

Disclaimer: I have not played with the civicrm_theme module

lobo
 

You can also manually switch your templates based on data in the URL string (e.g. /civicrm* ) if you are using phptemplate as your Drupal theme engine.

The way you do it is explained in one of the phptemplate code snippets on the Drupal.org site, but here's a short explanation:

1) Go to your theme template directory.
2) Copy your page.tpl.php template and name it page-default.tpl.php
3) Open page.tpl.php and replace the code that's there with this code:

<code>
<?php
/*insert replacement page templates for taxonomy lists, vocabulary
lists, and admin pages */

if (arg(0)=="civicrm") {
include 'page-civicrm.tpl.php';
return; }

else {include 'page-default.tpl.php';
return; }

?>

</code>

arg(0) is the first argument after your base URL in drupal (e.g. http://your.site/civicrm/)
arg(1) is the second argument after your base url, and so on.

This basically tells drupal to go to a  page template called page-civicrm.tpl.php when it finds civicrm in the first argument of a url on your site.

You can then create a new page template (duplicate your page-default template) called page-civicrm.tpl.php, which can then call out other style sheets to change how the civicrm tables are displayed on your site.

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Another easy fix for this problem is to simply remove blocks from the left and right-hand side of your pages on any page with civicrm in the URL. You can do this by setting each of your blocks to not appear on pages that have civicrm* in them (do this in the little box at the bottom of the block configuration edit screen).

We don't specify a fixed width for the search results table - so it expands to take the room available / needed based on the data in it and the surrounding "theme". If you have some HTML / css expertise you might try adding styling to the table to make it suit your needs. Ideally, do this using a "custom copy" - so you don't have to worry about upgrades overwriting your modifications.

The file used for displaying search results is:
emplates/CRM/Contact/Form/Selector.tpl