Font size for the File Tabs and the List Views

[ianjs]

It appears that the upgrade to V11 has changed the font size on the "Open File Tabs" and made it smaller.

It's a bit hard on the eyes on my screen - is this configurable?

[bunny_ear_tv]

I would like to hear if there are any solutions to this, I too find the new file tab font to be very tiny.

One thing that may be related is that in my display settings, my screen res is 1280x1024 and my DPI setting is for Large Fonts (120 dpi). I wonder if this is related. It wasn't a problem though with version 10.2x.

[Chris]

I find the font size to be just right... on my installation the file tab font size is 8pt Tahoma - the same as almost every other font found in my windows GUI.

And IIRC, the default font for Windows' menus etc.

[Manni]

And IIRC, the default font for Windows' menus etc.

Of course, the difference is that you can adjust the Windows default. But it doesn't seem to be possible to adjust UEdit's defaults. If some people cannot or find it hard to read that, then it needs to be changed somehow.

Manni

[Chris]

I don't disagree that it should be changeable ... I just think the default size should follow the windows UI font size.

[Manni]

Right. But it shouldn't be hardcoded. It should be quite easy to look up the *current* Windows default in the registry.

Manni

[Chris]

Exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of.

Great minds etc.

[cruzy]

I have the same problem in the Function List and look forward to a solution from IDM..... I can't update to the new version on our other systems until this problem is solved.

Can someone help us?

[sstrubli]

I asked the support folks and the reply I got stated to do this:

For lists (views), add the following:

Extra Windows Font=Tahoma
Extra Windows Font Height=-13

For Open File Tabs, add the following:

TAB Windows Font=Tahoma
TAB Windows Font Height=-13

These worked for me in UE32 v11.x.

Thanks Andy!

These entries must be added to the [Settings] section in uedit32.ini.
The font size must be specified as a negative value.
You have to restart UE to see the change.

Steve

PS: The settings for the open file tabs are of no use for UE v15.00 to UE v16.20. The user interface using GDI+ was introduced with UE v15.00. For these versions of UltraEdit the font and font size settings defined for the menus in the Windows display settings are used for the Open File Tabs.

[cruzy]

Thank you sstrubli I now added:

Extra Windows Font=Tahoma
Extra Windows Font Height=-13

This solves my problem with the function list.

By the way, support answered me they had no solution when I asked a while back.

[Mofi]

With UltraEdit v16.30.0.1000 it is again possible to set the font and the font size for the file names in the Open File Tabs. By default the font and font size settings defined for the menus in the Windows display settings are used for the Open File Tabs. But with manually adding the following lines to uedit32.ini usually stored in directory %appdata%\IDMComp\UltraEdit in section [Settings], the default settings can be overwritten.

TAB Windows Font=name of font
TAB Windows Font Height=font size value

name of font is for example Tahoma or Courier New (always without double quotes even with space in font name).

font size value is a positive value like 12 or 18 defining the font size in points. In UltraEdit versions prior v15.00 the font size must have been specified with a negative value like -12 or -18. Using a negative point size value for this setting results in ignoring the font height setting. So users updating from a version of UltraEdit prior 15.00 and having already used that setting must open uedit32.ini after the update and remove - from the value.

Extra Windows Font=name of font
Extra Windows Font Height=font size value

are still available in UE v16.30.0.1000. The font size value for Extra Windows Font Height can be still a negative value, but now it is also possible to specify for this setting a positive value.

Note: I recommend to make this modification in uedit32.ini with Notepad and not with UltraEdit while no instance of UltraEdit is running. In general it is not good to modify the settings in the configuration file of an application while the application is currently running.

[H.P.W]

The Tip works also in 17.00!

Thanks