[Javascript] Control IE "text size"

Tue Sep 24 12:40:03 CDT 2002

Please consider the reason Internet Explorer gives the user
the ability to adjust text size. Some users have vision problems and need to set
text to a size they can see. You are doing a disservice to those users when you
override their preferences. Accessibility of Web sites is a big issue at this time
and the W3C recommends using relative font sizes.

Cheryl Kirkpatrick
Web Administrator
South Carolina State Library

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>    3. Re: Control IE "text size" (Dan Costea)
>    4. Re: Control IE "text size" (greg at krieser.com)
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> From: "greg at krieser.com" <greg at krieser.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:52:29 -0500
> Subject: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
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> Internet Explorer provides the user the ability to adjust text size using the View menu, then Text Size. I noticed that some site have format problems (particularly in closely cropped table) when 'larger' and 'largest' sizes are specified. The 'medium' se
> tting is the default. Is it possible to temporarily control this setting using JavaScript? Is the best solution to make graphics of text that could be a problem?
>
> Thanks,
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> Greg Krieser
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> From: "Muchacho, Laurent (TWIi London)" <LMuchacho at twii.net>
> To: "'javascript at LaTech.edu'" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:01:16 +0100
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> Hi Greg
>
> I don't think you can control this setting in internet explorer or other
> browser but you can use CSS to set style to your text and the setting will
> not overide the size you specified to your font
>
> Laurent
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: greg at krieser.com [mailto:greg at krieser.com]
> Sent: 24 September 2002 14:52
> To: javascript at latech.edu
> Subject: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
>
> Internet Explorer provides the user the ability to adjust text size using
> the View menu, then Text Size. I noticed that some site have format problems
> (particularly in closely cropped table) when 'larger' and 'largest' sizes
> are specified. The 'medium' setting is the default. Is it possible to
> temporarily control this setting using JavaScript? Is the best solution to
> make graphics of text that could be a problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Krieser
> greg at krieser.com
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> From: "Dan Costea" <costea.dan at ssi-schaefer.ro>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:01:42 +0300
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> You can set fixed font size by using Cascading Style Sheets (css). For
> example:
>
> <div style="font-size: 20pt;">asdfasdfasd</div>
> or
> <div style="font-size: 20px;">asdfasdfasd</div>
>
> So, you can change the font size to depend on the rezolution (px) or not
> (pt).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <greg at krieser.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
>
> > Internet Explorer provides the user the ability to adjust text size using
> the View menu, then Text Size. I noticed that some site have format problems
> (particularly in closely cropped table) when 'larger' and 'largest' sizes
> are specified. The 'medium' setting is the default. Is it possible to
> temporarily control this setting using JavaScript? Is the best solution to
> make graphics of text that could be a problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Greg Krieser
> > greg at krieser.com
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> From: "greg at krieser.com" <greg at krieser.com>
> Cc: costea.dan at ssi-schaefer.ro, javascript-admin at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:47:29 -0500
> Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>
> GREAT solution!  Thanks.
>
> The following message was sent by "Dan Costea" <costea.dan at ssi-schaefer.ro> on Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:01:42 +0300.
>
> > You can set fixed font size by using Cascading Style Sheets (css). For
> > example:
> >
> > <div style="font-size: 20pt;">asdfasdfasd</div>
> > or
> > <div style="font-size: 20px;">asdfasdfasd</div>
> >
> > So, you can change the font size to depend on the rezolution (px) or not
> > (pt).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <greg at krieser.com>
> > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 4:52 PM
> > Subject: [Javascript] Control IE "text size"
> >
> >
> > > Internet Explorer provides the user the ability to adjust text size using
> > the View menu, then Text Size. I noticed that some site have format problems
> > (particularly in closely cropped table) when 'larger' and 'largest' sizes
> > are specified. The 'medium' setting is the default. Is it possible to
> > temporarily control this setting using JavaScript? Is the best solution
> > to
> > make graphics of text that could be a problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Greg Krieser
> > > greg at krieser.com
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Javascript mailing list
> > > Javascript at LaTech.edu
> > > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript
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