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make it possible to change font size #3160

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IzabellaDK opened this issue Feb 7, 2017 · 55 comments · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#4424
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make it possible to change font size #3160

IzabellaDK opened this issue Feb 7, 2017 · 55 comments · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#4424
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A-Electron P2 S-Tolerable Low/no impact on users T-Enhancement Z-Community-PR Issue is solved by a community member's PR Z-Mozilla

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@IzabellaDK
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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!

@richvdh
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richvdh commented Feb 7, 2017

Have you tried zooming in?

@IzabellaDK
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With a magnifying glass? :)

@IzabellaDK
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Dark Theme actually helps a bit - but still..

@richvdh
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richvdh commented Feb 7, 2017

With a magnifying glass? :)

That, or you could try your browser's zoom controls... ctrl-plus/minus here.

@IzabellaDK
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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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richvdh commented Feb 7, 2017

Right, the fact you are using the electron app would have been helpful information upfront ;)

@richvdh richvdh changed the title Pls make it possible to change fontsize in chatwindow Desktop app: make it possible to zoom in/out Feb 7, 2017
@IzabellaDK IzabellaDK changed the title Desktop app: make it possible to zoom in/out Desktop app: make it possible to change font size Feb 7, 2017
@ara4n
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ara4n commented Feb 9, 2017

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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ara4n commented Feb 9, 2017

have filed the brokenness as #3179. let's keep this bug as tracking exposing the setting more clearly.

@ara4n ara4n added S-Tolerable Low/no impact on users feature P2 labels Feb 9, 2017
@IzabellaDK
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Thx very much!!

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Mikaela commented Jul 18, 2017

That, or you could try your browser's zoom controls... ctrl-plus/minus here.

The issue for me is that this isn't remembered and the zoom randomly reverts to original 100%.

I have two use cases:

  • Group HQ where there are messaging clients (Slack, Riot and HexChat) either on TV or projector screen and one of the reasons why people won't bother with Riot is it being so small and the zoom being hidden under alt, view, zoom in and repeating that a few times.

  • My laptop which under Arch with resolution 1920x1080 makes mostly everything unpleasantly small in some apps (mainly Chromium, Slack, Riot, Telegram and all others have option for setting zoom or interface scaling).

  • Chromium

  • Slack

  • I understood this issue to be about Riot missing this option.

  • Telegram

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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@NessBird
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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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ara4n commented Sep 12, 2017

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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NessBird commented Sep 12, 2017

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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t3chguy commented Sep 12, 2017

@NessBird wrong repo, those are versions of Github Desktop - this is riot-web.
(https://desktop.github.com/release-notes/mac/)

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ara4n commented Oct 29, 2017

I think all that is needed here is really to hook up the View: Zoom In/Zoom Out menus in Electron, much as you have in plain old Chrome.

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pravi commented Feb 6, 2019

I opened #8416 as it was working earlier but stopped working now.

@davidbarratt
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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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kascana commented Feb 22, 2019

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)

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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. :(

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kascana commented Feb 22, 2019

(@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.

@aaronraimist
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@kascana yes that is what this issue is for

@davidbarratt please file a separate issue

@ordinarygulp
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Looking forward to this, and also experiencing #9533

@PeterKassab
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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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PeterKassab commented May 15, 2019

Hey guys, this option already exists, try View + Zoom in or Ctrl + =

Good work.

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t3chguy commented May 15, 2019

That's zoom, changes the scale of everything, not just the font

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kascana commented May 15, 2019

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?

@PeterKassab
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Yes i got it, it would be a nice option.

@turt2live turt2live added this to the Accessibility Improvements milestone May 16, 2019
@turt2live turt2live added the Z-Community-PR Issue is solved by a community member's PR label May 16, 2019
@t3chguy t3chguy changed the title Desktop app: make it possible to change font size make it possible to change font size Oct 2, 2019
@t3chguy t3chguy mentioned this issue Oct 2, 2019
@n1trux
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n1trux commented Nov 3, 2019

Zooming with Ctrl + plus and minus on the numpad or scrolling the mouse wheel doesn't work, but users probably expect that.

@brandonkal
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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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tredondo commented Apr 16, 2020

If Riot desktop doesn't implement this, I'm gonna switch to Wire!

Oh wait... wireapp/wire-desktop#2892

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t3chguy commented Apr 16, 2020

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