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User Controlled Text Size

Reply with quote Text size in the editor is controlled by CSS. However, the default text size set by the system administrator is not suitable for all. We are thinking of adding a feature to let the content author adjust the text size. Looking at other applications that do this, IE has the following settings:

Code:
Largest
Larger
Medium
Smaller
Smallest


Firefox has these settings:

Code:
Increase
Decrease
Normal


The advantage of using IE’s approach is that the end user can see what is the current text size setting.

Another option would be to do this:

Code:
200% Larger
100% Larger
Default
100% Smaller
200% Smaller


or even

Code:
4x Larger
2x Larger
Default
2x Smaller
4x Smaller


Please let us know what you think is the best approach to let users change text size.

Vlad Alexander
XStandard Development Team
http://xstandard.com
Reply with quote Howabout letting the user specify a custom percentage ?

Or would that be too open to abuse?
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elfin wrote:
How about letting the user specify a custom percentage ?

I wonder if giving the user more options actually makes it less accessible? In order to let the user enter a custom percentage, there are more mouse clicks and typing involved as well as an extra dialog box to navigate.

Would giving the user the option to enter 76% text increase make their experience better than choosing between preset values of 50% and 100%?

Vlad Alexander
XStandard Development Team
http://xstandard.com
Reply with quote Hi Vlad

I’m not clear whether you’re talking about setting the text size for the user of the XStandard control, or allowing the user of the XStandard control to set the text size of the output from the control?

If it’s the former then I think the IE type settings from largest to smallest are fine, if it’s the latter I personally wouldn’t let my users have that control (that’s what our pre-defined styles are for), but FWIW if I did I’d like to see an increase/decrease type facility, which bumped the size up or down maybe 25% at a time.

Dan Champion, Champion IS, Mooch Marketing, Revish
Reply with quote Hey Daniel,

This would only be for the text in the editor during the authoring process. The output will remain pure markup where formatting is controlled by Web designer’s CSS.

danchamp wrote:
I’d like to see an increase/decrease type facility, which bumped the size up or down maybe 25% at a time.
That’s how Firefox does it. I like their shortcut keys method. But, there is no feedback to the user about the current text size.

Vlad Alexander
XStandard Development Team
http://xstandard.com
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Vlad Alexander wrote:
…This would only be for the text in the editor during the authoring process. The output will remain pure markup where formatting is controlled by Web designer’s CSS….

What about giving the user a Zoom In, Zoom Out, and an indicator of current zoom level. Maybe like the one Acrobat Reader has.
Code:
[-] [100%] [+]

plus the dropdown maybe?
Code:
[-] [100% | v ] [+]
     | 200%    |
     | 150%    |
     | 125%    |
     | 100%    |
     |  75%    |
     |66.7%    |
     |  50%    |
     |33.3%    |
     |  25%    |
     ———–


Regards,
Riyono
Reply with quote I think the best approach would be to let the designer set the base font size (body or html tag) and then dance from that. If the text should be larger/smaller in the subsections of the page, then it should be always relative to the body text.

The relativity could be set by the +/- controls. I.e. do not specify an exact amount (e.g. 100% or 10px). As a matter of fact, there is not “visible” value to the user. Just two buttons + and -.
Reply with quote Surely text size styled in em allows users to choose text sizes, in their browsers, suitable for them? What is the need for allowing further choice?
Reply with quote …as Vlad has said, I believe he’s referring to text size in the editor…
Vlad Alexander wrote:
Text size in the editor is controlled by CSS. However, the default text size set by the system administrator is not suitable for all. We are thinking of adding a feature to let the content author adjust the text size.

Vlad Alexander wrote:
This would only be for the text in the editor during the authoring process. The output will remain pure markup where formatting is controlled by Web designer’s CSS.

Jack Pickard The Pickards Information Services| Blog | Twit
Reply with quote Fair point.

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