[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12825: Largest minimum text size in FF prefs makes admin display terrible

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#12825: Largest minimum text size in FF prefs makes admin display terrible
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 Reporter:  jane                                 |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Accessibility                        |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  2.9.2
 Keywords:  text font zoom has-patch 2nd-        |  Resolution:
  opinion                                        |
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Comment (by grahamarmfield):

 Replying to [comment:9 adamsilverstein]:
 > the attached patch swaps out ems for pixels in all font heights, line
 heights and some heights in wp-admin.css. on my test platform the
 dashboard looked better than the ticket openers, but i'm on a mac and
 didn't test on a pc.

 I'd be really cautious about using px to define font sizes - we may be
 preventing some users in some browsers from resizing their text at all
 which would be worse. I think it's a bad idea for that reason.
 >
 > here is the dashboard with firefox font minimum set to max size, without
 the patch: http://www.earthbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screen-
 Shot-2013-01-14-at-3.28.01-PM.jpg
 > and after: http://www.earthbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screen-
 Shot-2013-01-14-at-3.54.50-PM.jpg
 >

 Having seen some people with low vision who rely on font resizing within
 their browsers I'd say that some would want the text to be even larger
 than the first example, let alone your second example.

 > it looks like the left column needs to grow as well, but thats more
 complicated (i tried), so far i just changed all the font sizes and
 heights (no widths).

 I think you've hit the nail on the head here - it's that the design needs
 to change to be able to incorporate people's requirements for wanting text
 to be very large. The left column may need to grow, but certainly the
 toolbar at the top needs to be able to stretch down to accommodate large
 text which may of course force items on to a second line. The Help and
 Screen Options links need their backgrounds to allow resizing - as do the
 headings for each individual widget.

 I believe that those who need text to be large will accept pages looking a
 bit odd as long as the pages are usable.

 >
 > i tested this patch in latest firefox & chrome & it looks fine, in
 safari i got smaller text overall, but still quite usable, looks like
 safari is treating 1em=14px, other browsers 1em=16px; didn't check ANY ie
 versions to see how they behave.

 IE testing is vital for patches concerning accessibility. As much as we
 developers hate IE, it is the browser of choice for many people with
 impairments as the accessibility options are good (and easier to find).
 Also much assistive technology including screen readers, speech
 recognition and screen magnifiers etc work best with IE.

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