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Increase text size or change colour

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      advocatux @marc_aurel
      last edited by 12 May 2018, 11:05

      @marc_aurel just in case you don't know it https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/

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        marc_aurel @advocatux
        last edited by 12 May 2018, 15:18

        @advocatux Thanks for the link. I have indeed fogotten to search for this topic in the documentation. So I search for "text size" in the english documentation without any match. Did I missed something?

        By the way: Does the UBPorts on my phone also updates the operation system and not only apps? I only did find app updates, yet.

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          advocatux @marc_aurel
          last edited by advocatux 5 Dec 2018, 16:22 12 May 2018, 16:09

          @marc_aurel yes UT should have more accessibility options, like text size.

          I linked the documentation for your general knowledge (another tutorial) but I should have pointed out there isn't any info about text size customization for users.

          OS upgrades are made via OTA. Assuming you're running the latest version in stable, there isn't anything new for now.

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            UKPhil
            last edited by 15 May 2018, 23:26

            I was just thinking the other day that there has not been any releases recently.

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              Lakotaubp @UKPhil
              last edited by 16 May 2018, 04:21

              @ukphil I think everyone is working flat out to get 16.04 ready for release. So I wouldn't expect much till its ready really.

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                JoeBeach
                last edited by 19 May 2018, 13:49

                I'm another person who would like to have options to increase the contrast and font size. Ten years ago I wouldn't have had a problem with the existing setup, but I'm pushing 50 now and my close-up eyesight is not what it used to be. Much of the time I can get by without reading glasses, but the combination of low contrast and small font makes it difficult when reading texts and calendar entries on my UBports Nexus 5.

                @andybleaden Thank you for the font size hack, I will try that out soon.

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                  UKPhil
                  last edited by 28 Jun 2018, 23:04

                  Ihave used a size hack for a bit now on my tablet. However, the seems to be an issue when you are trying to use the browser. For some reason where you tap on the screen is not where the system recognises. For this reason it becomes very hard to use the browser. All other apps seem ok, it is just the browser.

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                    doniks @UKPhil
                    last edited by 29 Jun 2018, 08:00

                    @ukphil, Increase text size or change colour

                    Ihave used a size hack for a bit now on my tablet. However, the seems to be an issue when you are trying to use the browser. For some reason where you tap on the screen is not where the system recognises. For this reason it becomes very hard to use the browser. All other apps seem ok, it is just the browser.

                    that sounds very odd. I had used that hack for a long time in the past (not currently) I do not recall this problem.

                    Do you know whether this was always the case for you? Can you reliably correct&reproduce the problem when you remove the GRID_UNIT_PX hack&put it back? vivid or xenial? regular browser or "next"? are webapps affected (maybe try a few different ones, they're not all same technically)?

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                      UKPhil
                      last edited by 29 Jun 2018, 11:56

                      @doniks said in Increase text size or change colour:
                      Currently on the xenial build, but i will be changong soon.

                      I have not noticed it on any other apps, just the browser.

                      How can i remove the edits?

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                        doniks @UKPhil
                        last edited by 29 Jun 2018, 22:53

                        .

                        How can i remove the edits?

                        remove the gu.conf file and reboot

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                          UKPhil
                          last edited by 30 Jun 2018, 11:10

                          Cheers will do as hopefully the system size increaser will be here soon

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                            normandc
                            last edited by 19 Aug 2019, 17:06

                            Replying to this old topic to say this is still an issue. As for the trick using the terminal, it is no longer necessary, the grid unit size can be changed with UT Tweak Tool, available in the OpenStore.

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                              jumpifzero
                              last edited by 9 Oct 2019, 12:50

                              Thanks.

                              Increasing the font size with the UT tweak tool, even increasing just 3 or 4 units makes the checkboxes in many settings screens go partially offscreen so not clickable anymore.

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                                doniks @jumpifzero
                                last edited by 9 Oct 2019, 21:12

                                @jumpifzero screenshot?

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                                  jeff_kotowski
                                  last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 17:28

                                  How about a setting with multiple font types and sizes!!!!

                                  D 1 Reply Last reply 13 Nov 2019, 21:03 Reply Quote 0
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                                    dobey @jeff_kotowski
                                    last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 21:03

                                    @jeff_kotowski It's not really a simple thing to do, and would basically rewriting all of the UI for the system and every app, to be able to support such a thing.

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