Feature request (accessibility): let the user set the font size

[e-Gyi-qO]

As far as I understand, the user does not have a way to choose the fonts. In particular, he can not set, enlarge, the font size.
Referring to faq.html#im-running-on-a-high-resolution-screen-and-sparrow-icons-and-text-are-tiny, and to faq.html#sparrow-is-too-big-for-my-screen:
I think that sometimes, scroll bars are required. Can the faq also suggest how to get them?

[craigraw]

I think that sometimes, scroll bars are required.

Can you provide a screenshot of what you mean?

[e-Gyi-qO]

With _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dglass.gtk.uiScale=150% (or larger) the full windows are larger then the screen. The windows size exceed the screen size. Screenshots attached. I can drag (move) the windows in order to get one part of the window better visible on the expense of some other part. In the following screenshots, the bottom parts of the windows are out of the screen.
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[craigraw]

It won't be possible to add scrollbars in this case - the UI framework has no idea they are required, since logically (albeit not physically) the content still fits.

With _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dglass.gtk.uiScale=150% (or larger) the full windows are larger then the screen.

Is the answer then not to use a smaller scaling, like 130%? I understand the need to increase the font size, but perhaps there is a happy compromise?

[e-Gyi-qO]

Scaling by 130% is not a solution for the long run. Presumably, it is not a solution for all the group of users that actually use faq.html#im-running-on-a-high-resolution-screen-and-sparrow-icons-and-text-are-tiny. Isn't there a way to choose the fonts size directly, independently of the window size? Perhaps scrollbars will pop up from no where, or can be forced, when this is done.

[craigraw]

Scaling by 130% is not a solution for the long run.

Can you explain why?

Isn't there a way to choose the fonts size directly

Not currently no. I'd like to understand the need better.

[e-Gyi-qO]

craigraw ***@***.***> wrote:

> Scaling by 130% is not a solution for the long run. Can you explain why?

For me, I assume for some other users too, reading the text obtained by the 130% magnification is not comfortable. The magnification is on the border of the visual capability to correctly grasped each font.

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> Isn't there a way to choose the fonts size directly Not currently no. I'd like to understand the need better. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #1518 (comment) You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Message ID: ***@***.***>

[craigraw]

Understood. I've reverted the issue name for future consideration.