? re Page text enlarging

**Big Dave** · 8th July 2008, 10:55

You know how on some newspaper pages there is an option to enlarge - zoom the text.

Is that a java script?

**Skunk** · 8th July 2008, 11:12

Can be done with style sheets and dhtml I think too. I just let the users use their browser to do it.

If they need it they must know how...

**mowgli** · 8th July 2008, 11:47

Firefox: View -> Zoom -> Zoom in (ctrl+ +)

**Big Dave** · 8th July 2008, 11:47

Originally Posted by Skunk

Can be done with style sheets and dhtml I think too. I just let the users use their browser to do it.

If they need it they must know how...

Taa - I'll research it. I'm doing a site for an aged care group. It would be handy on each page.

**Big Dave** · 8th July 2008, 11:50

Originally Posted by mowgli

Firefox: View -> Zoom -> Zoom in (ctrl+ +)

Yeah thanks - but see above. It's for old people. They do nae get that two buttons at once thingy.

**mowgli** · 8th July 2008, 11:54

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Yeah thanks - but see above. It's for old people. They do nae get that two buttons at once thingy.

In that case java is probably the easiest option. Heaps of examples available via Google. Just be sure to test it on as many platforms/browsers as you can. Java is not as standard as it purports to be.

**scracha** · 8th July 2008, 12:20

Javascript. Add an onclick event handler to invoke the appropriate function. eg
onclick="changeFontSize(-1);return false;"

**skelstar** · 8th July 2008, 12:21

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It's for old people. They do nae get that two buttons at once thingy.

Put a proximity sensor on the screen so when they lean in to get a closer look, it enlarges the text for them auto-like.

That might be javascript?

**jrandom** · 8th July 2008, 12:23

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Taa - I'll research it. I'm doing a site for an aged care group.

Just use blink tags everywhere.

**Morcs** · 8th July 2008, 12:45

Hold CTRL and wheel your mouse wheel.

**Skunk** · 11th July 2008, 22:58

What did you use Dave?

**Big Dave** · 12th July 2008, 00:02

Nothin' yet.
I'll try scrachys script shortly.

**Big Dave** · 12th July 2008, 01:36

I couldn't get it to run on firefox. (on a mac)

But this looks like a good solution too.

CSS switcher. Just duplicate the style sheet and make the fonts bigger. Works nicely so far

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...etswitcher.htm