Desktop: Setting to increase font size

[Jarvil]

Hello,

I cannot seem to find a setting to increase font size, could you add this feature in the future?

[yuya-oc]

Currently, Electron doesn't have the way to change font size dynamically, so the app also doesn't have the feature.

I want to add font-related settings in the future, so I will also think about it.

[furnox]

Can you change the font size not-so-dynamically? i.e., is there a file I can hack? I've looked around the files and, other than bootstrap, I can't find something that screams layout to me. I've never used electron before so I figure there's something easy I'm missing.

Thanks!

[yuya-oc]

For now, no. BrowserWindow API has options to change font-related settings, however webview tag doesn't follow them.

[yuya-oc]

I might be able to add zoom (like Chrome's Ctrl++, Ctrl+-). Is this matched to your expect?

[furnox]

If you have the time then zoom (out) would work just fine.
I wasn't looking to cause you trouble though. I was just hoping for a maybe a font-size I could reduce.

[it33]

Added feature idea so this can be upvoted and discussed in one place (there are multiple tickets).

@furnox, @Jarvil, would you be open to helping upvote this issue?

[furnox]

Is this feature idea for the Electron client or the Mac desktop client? I run Linux and so the Mac desktop client won't work for me.

[it33]

Hi @furnox, propose adding a comment on the feature idea that you need it for Linux (ideally specifying which flavor, and it would especially helpful if you volunteered on the thread to test such a change?)

If you have teammates using Mattermost that need the same feature, it would be highly appreciated if you can get them to vote.

The more votes, the more discussion, the higher the chance of someone from the community contributing the change you're asking for.

Would you be open to helping?

[furnox]

Hi @it33, I think I'm getting confused. @Jarvil and mine posts were concerning the Electron client by @yuya-oc . The feature idea was added here. The feature request you referenced is on the main Mattermost project for the native ios client.

I don't see how these are related or how my comment there will get the Electron client updated. I would certainly be open to helping, I just don't see how.

[Jarvil]

Yes,

My need is for the Electron Windows-client

[it33]

My goal was to bring the need for this feature to a larger audience of potential contributors. Whether upvoting or commenting on the existing post for Mac, or adding the first ever feature idea forum entries for Windows and Linux apps, just a few minutes of your time can increase those odds significantly. A being able to answer three tickets with one PR, or answer a ticket with a high number of votes are more attractive than answering just one ticket with a low number of votes. Thoughts?

[yuya-oc]

Merged into #50

[chsWeb]

After upgrading to Mac OS Mojave, the default font in MatterMost is way too small, hard to read. IT looks like a 10pt font. I can CMD (⌘) + to make the text bigger, but that also blows up embedded images and makes them blurry.

+1 for a font setting option.

[gildas]

This is an even bigger issue on a 4K 28" monitor...

[joho1968]

It's an issue on a 14" 2560x1440 laptop screen too :smile: (where the font size is way too small).