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bug #55455: Font selection dropdown shows fonts in really large type

Submitter:  Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Submitted:  Sat 12 Jan 2019 05:24:41 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 31 Jan 2019 06:40:22 AM UTC, comment #4: 

It turns out that this is not that easy to fix. The fonts in the dropdown list of a font combobox seem to ignore stylesheets  When looking at other applications that uses font selection box with a preview of the font (e.g., LibreOffice), the size is also larger than the general font size of the application, at least for some of the listed fonts.

 Torsten Lilge <ttl>
Group Member
Tue 22 Jan 2019 04:35:14 PM UTC, comment #3: 

It's a little large, but I think we're down to aesthetics.  I was comparing to the suggested 20 points and it is no where near as big as that.  See the attached screenshot for a true 20 point font.

I'm dropping this down to a Feature Request.  I'm not sure why the drop-down dialog isn't just using the fontsize that the rest of the GUI is through an inheritance mechanism.  My guess is that this is easy to fix for someone who understands Qt code.

The code to modify is in libgui/src/settings-dialog.cc.  I think the function will be settings_dialog::read_lexer_settings.




Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Tue 22 Jan 2019 06:16:59 AM UTC, comment #2: 

It kind of looks large on my computer (attached).

Dmitri.
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Dmitri A. Sergatskov <dasergatskov>
Tue 22 Jan 2019 06:01:11 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I'm using the 5.0.1 stable branch and this works for me.  This is on Linux however.  Can you re-test with the stable branch or with the RC1 candidate?

 Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 12 Jan 2019 05:24:41 AM UTC, original submission:  

Minor GUI issue:

In Preferences > Editor Styles > Octave, the dropdowns for font selection display the font names/samples in rather large type, like 20 points. IMHO that affects readability a bit, and you can't fit many fonts into the dropdown's popup.

Could these be shrunk a bit?

 Andrew Janke <apjanke>

 

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file #46071:  20pt_font.png added by rik5 (62KiB - image/png)
file #46069:  fontsx.png added by dasergatskov (327KiB - image/png)
file #45942:  Screen Shot 2019-01-12 at 12.22.33 AM.png added by apjanke (297KiB - image/png - Font dropdown on macOS 10.13.6 on iMac 5K)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2019-01-31 ttl Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
    2019-01-22 rik5 Attached File- Added 20pt_font.png, #46071
        Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Item GroupOther Feature Request
        StatusWorks For Me Confirmed
        Release4.4.1 dev
        Operating SystemMac OS Any
    2019-01-22 dasergatskov Attached File- Added fontsx.png, #46069
    2019-01-22 rik5 StatusNone Works For Me
    2019-01-12 apjanke Attached File- Added Screen Shot 2019-01-12 at 12.22.33 AM.png, #45942

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