[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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Changes (by adamsilverstein):

 * keywords:  text font, zoom => text font zoom has-patch 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 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.

 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

 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 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.

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