Dreamweaver - Re: user over-ride css....how?

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Re: user over-ride css....how?

Josh Johnson

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

When you define the 'font-size' attributes in your CSS, just use %
instead of px. Then browsers that allow font resizing (are there any
that don't anymore?) will allow user resizing. Sounds like you pretty
much had the concept down, just have to implement the CSS.

- Josh

VA_Webmaster25 wrote:

> I want my users to be able to over ride any fixed font sizes I speficied in my CSS. I dont want to use pixels, but rather %. How do I allow users to do this if im using css?? thank you

Murray *TMM*

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

Josh:

Pixels are resizeable too.

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"Josh Johnson" <josh.johnson@nospam.sun.com> wrote in message
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> When you define the 'font-size' attributes in your CSS, just use %
> instead of px. Then browsers that allow font resizing (are there any
> that don't anymore?) will allow user resizing. Sounds like you pretty
> much had the concept down, just have to implement the CSS.
>
> - Josh
>
> VA_Webmaster25 wrote:
>
in my CSS. I dont want to use pixels, but rather %. How do I allow users to
do this if im using css?? thank you

Murray *TMM*

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

Users can override any font specification, pixels or not.

It's buried in the IE advanced options, but much more upfront in other
browsers.

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"VA_Webmaster25" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I want my users to be able to over ride any fixed font sizes I speficied
in my CSS. I dont want to use pixels, but rather %. How do I allow users to
do this if im using css?? thank you

Joe Makowiec

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

On 11 Jun 2004 in macromedia.dreamweaver, VA_Webmaster25 wrote:

> I want my users to be able to over ride any fixed font sizes I
> speficied in my CSS. I dont want to use pixels, but rather %. How do
> I allow users to do this if im using css??

..mystyle { font-size : 1em; }
..mystyle { font-size : 100%; }

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VA_Webmaster25

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

when i,m talking about user overiding the font size, im talking about using the
text size menu in the View option of the browser at the top. Right now when I
use that feature, it does not increase font size.. maybe you guys are talking
about another way users can overide font.

Joe Makowiec

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

On 11 Jun 2004 in macromedia.dreamweaver, VA_Webmaster25 wrote:

> when i,m talking about user overiding the font size, im talking
> about using the text size menu in the View option of the browser at
> the top. Right now when I use that feature, it does not increase
> font size.. maybe you guys are talking about another way users can
> overide font.

On most (non IE-Win) browsers, the setting for font size is relatively
easy to find. I have FireFox open; it's View>Increase Font Size. For
IE6/Win, it's Tools>Internet Options>"Accessibility" button>Ignore Font
sizes checkbox. Users then regain control over font sizes. However, if
you specify ***relative*** font sizes (see my earlier post) IE's View>
Text Size menu should work.

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Michael Fesser

2004-06-11, 7:15 pm

.oO(VA_Webmaster25)

>when i,m talking about user overiding the font size, im talking about using the
>text size menu in the View option of the browser at the top. Right now when I
>use that feature, it does not increase font size..

This happens when you set the font size using px in your stylesheet. IE
then makes it a bit difficult for the user to resize the fonts. Just use
% or em instead of px and you'll be fine.

Micha