make it possible to change font size #3160
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Have you tried zooming in? |
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With a magnifying glass? :) |
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Dark Theme actually helps a bit - but still.. |
That, or you could try your browser's zoom controls... ctrl-plus/minus here. |
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Ofc it would work in a browser but uses the Riot windows app. Mag glasses are great but not if you write with 10 fingers at the same time 💃 |
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Right, the fact you are using the electron app would have been helpful information upfront ;) |
richvdh
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IzabellaDK
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yeah, there's a weird problem here. even if you /do/ use ctrl-plus/minus (or pinch-zoom on macOS) it only remembers it for a single page for some reason. |
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have filed the brokenness as #3179. let's keep this bug as tracking exposing the setting more clearly. |
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Thx very much!! |
The issue for me is that this isn't remembered and the zoom randomly reverts to original 100%. I have two use cases:
On my laptop I am able to read all the other apps by adjusting my desktop settings and if Riot is not going to follow them (why?) I would like to have the option like in the other apps.
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It's very upsetting to me that Github Desktop doesn't accommodate older users. I think this should be a priority. |
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i believe this was fixed a while back - ctrl-plus and ctrl-minus (or cmd-plus/cmd-minus on a mac) should change the zoom, and i believe it is now remembered when you switch room? |
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No, those keys do not do anything. There appears to be no way to zoom. It identifies itself as Deer Types 222. It says an update will be installed when I relaunch, but this did not appear to happen. |
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Now I have it up to Things Done Hastily, same behavior. |
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@NessBird wrong repo, those are versions of Github Desktop - this is riot-web. |
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I think all that is needed here is really to hook up the |
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I opened #8416 as it was working earlier but stopped working now. |
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Atom allows you to zoom the entire interface (just like the browser) and that works well, so I'd like something like that. |
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The point is not to zoom the entire interface, but only to increase or decrease easily the font size of the written messages. The issue is even bigger for people using various scripts (other than Latin), when it can be desirable to have a bigger or smaller font size. Any e-book reader and text-orientated program has this basic functionality. I can only hope that in the interest of many users this will be implemented soon. Of course, zooming the entire intefcace with ctrl +/- should work as well, but this is a different matter. |
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(@davidbarratt @kascana zooming the entire interface with ctrl +/- should work, if it doesn't file a separate issue) |
It does not work. :( |
It does work on a Windows desktop riot version (at least), but I don't see how one can easily modify the font size without changing the entire interface. This is in my view a big must in programs like this. |
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@kascana yes that is what this issue is for @davidbarratt please file a separate issue |
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Looking forward to this, and also experiencing #9533 |
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It would be great to have this option, this option is present in most development tools. Just like the Dark theme. |
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Hey guys, this option already exists, try View + Zoom in or Ctrl + = Good work. |
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That's zoom, changes the scale of everything, not just the font |
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Indeed, Ctrl +/- scales everything and is not always a practical solution, especially when someone is using different scripts/languages for writing messages. It would be much better to be able to modify the size of the text indepentently of the interface. I can only refer one more time to my suggestion and the attached example from January 5. Is it so difficult to implement such a basic functionality? |
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Yes i got it, it would be a nice option. |
t3chguy
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Zooming with Ctrl + plus and minus on the numpad or scrolling the mouse wheel doesn't work, but users probably expect that. |
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It is the font that is the issue. For example, GitHub uses a font size of 14px. So does Riot, but its chosen font is clearly smaller. Setting it to 15px makes the text height on par with GitHub's. The other issue is the light theme does not have enough contrast. For example, typing "help" in the Riot-bot room returns grey text. This should be black. It would be nice to see an option to adjust the font in app, but those two tweaks will improve readability immensely. |
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If Riot desktop doesn't implement this, I'm gonna switch to Wire! Oh wait... wireapp/wire-desktop#2892 |
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Being of a somewhat mature age the eyes are not happy with too small fonts. And it feels a bit awkward to sit with a magnifying glass just for reading a comment...
So: Please make give me to option to choose the size of typeface in the chatwindow. Would be nice though if everything was a bit more readable for old eyes that have seen so much of the world...
Thx in advance for your effort - and a nice app for all the main platforms!
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