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New Alt.Binz versions => Requests => Topic started by: psspss on October 05, 2013, 03:57:45 am

Title: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: psspss on October 05, 2013, 03:57:45 am

Hi

Simple request..

please please if had more control on the font sizing would be great but really 4 point font on search box is too
hard to see on a modern screen thats 1200 or greater

Allow bigger font for the search box - would be great!

cheers

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: xbones0013 on October 06, 2013, 02:15:29 am

Agreed, I'm old  too 8)

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: Rdl on October 06, 2013, 07:32:43 am

Use skinbuilder to edit used skin and set font size to 19 (you can make it bold also) for controls: edit (if filter search), combobox, listbox (if search bombobox is in question). Save under different name, put it into skins folder, restart altbinz and test it.

https://www.altbinz.net/forum/new-alt-binz-versions/skins/ (https://www.altbinz.net/forum/new-alt-binz-versions/skins/)

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: P3tr0ck on April 15, 2015, 05:49:57 pm

Any headway on possibly adding this as a feature.  I know some folks may not need this but like others if you this on a higher resolution monitor or a TV the font can be quite small.  The main thing I'm concerned with is the main window that shows the downloads, pars and search results since it appears this font is not modifiable via skinbuilder.  If it is then someone please advise.  Besides skinbuilder is not really a solution that would be integration of said feature.

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: Rdl on April 15, 2015, 10:34:06 pm

You can always modify those via language file. Here's random example of few things you can modify for download queue:

Quote

[TAltBinzMainForm]
;mainpagecontrol.Font.Name=Open Sans
;mainpagecontrol.Font.Size=100
downtree.DefaultNodeHeight=24
downtree.Font.Name=Open Sans
downtree.Font.Size=10
downtree.Header.Height=24
downtree.header.font.name=Open Sans Semibold
downtree.header.font.size=8
;downtree.Font.style=fsItalic,fsBold

and rss

Quote

[TRSSForm]
VT.DefaultNodeHeight=26
VT.Font.Name=Open Sans
VT.Font.Size=10
VT.Header.Height=24
VT.header.font.name=Open Sans Semibold
VT.header.font.size=8
RSSfilters_memo.Font.Size=10

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: P3tr0ck on April 16, 2015, 08:40:56 am

Added the following to the main form section and only changed to Font.Size to 19 to see if anything changed after reload but there was no change....probably did something wrong but alas editing files and having to reload the program doesn't seem user friendly.  If this is not something that can be implemented then that's fine I was asking in an open thread under the requests section because I thought this was still being considered for implementation.  Thank You though for all the hard work on the program.

[TAltBinzMainForm]
;mainpagecontrol.Font.Name=Open Sans
;mainpagecontrol.Font.Size=100
downtree.DefaultNodeHeight=24
downtree.Font.Name=Open Sans
downtree.Font.Size=19
downtree.Header.Height=24
downtree.header.font.name=Open Sans Semibold
downtree.header.font.size=8
;downtree.Font.style=fsItalic,fsBold

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: Rdl on April 16, 2015, 02:27:13 pm

Did you load that language file? Lower left corner of the setup form.

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: P3tr0ck on April 17, 2015, 08:02:25 am

yes sir and now when the program loads the file is listed there in the box but there is no change to the fonts

thank you again

Title: Re: Allow bigger font for the search box - old eyes
Post by: Rdl on April 17, 2015, 11:07:03 am

You're doing something wrong then.
Step by step:

Go into lang folder
Create new file called 'Lang.cosmetics.abz'
Edit file and change it to this:

Code: [Select]

[Alt.Binz]
author=rdl
description=Font
fileversion=1.00
rtl=0
languagename=Font change

[TAltBinzMainForm]
downtree.Font.Name=Terminal
downtree.Font.Size=25
downtree.DefaultNodeHeight=30
Save file
Load altbinz
Go into setup
Lower left corner of that form, change language to 'Font change'
There is no way you will get anything but this:
(http://i.imgur.com/gYcxZdA.png)