Bug 31795
| Summary: | URLBar / Toolbar font size is fixed in Safari 4.0.4 for Windows | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | WebKit | Reporter: | Todd Klick <klickt> |
| Component: | Accessibility | Assignee: | Nobody <webkit-unassigned> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | Normal | CC: | jcraig |
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Version: | 528+ (Nightly build) | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows 7 | ||
Todd Klick
Sorry if this is wrong bug database...please pass on to Apple if possible :)
Simple UI fix required for Safari for Windows ---- the URL bar font size is fixed at 8pt. There is no way (that I have tried or others have suggested) to resize the URLBar/toolbar font size.
To be clear, I am not talking about horizontal width of toolbar / searchbar sizes. Rather, the font size within the toolbar/urlbar is fixed at 8pt. On a system running 1920x180 the urlbar is all but unreadable to all but perfect eyes.
Firefox 3.5.x has the same problem but one can change the URLbar/searchbar font sizes using a userchrome.css like this:
---begin---
#urlbar,searchbar {font-size: 14pt !important}
---end---
Steps to Repro:
Launch Safari browser on Windows 7 OS using high-res display (e.g. > 1366x768). Observe that the URLbar/toolbar is using a very small font.
In my case, my system has a 1920x1080 LCD and the URL bar is basically unreadable since font size is fixed at 8pt.
System Specs:
Sony Vaio VGN-FW490 (US model)
1920x1080 16.4" LCD display
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64)
4GB RAM
Safari 4.0.4 (531.21.10)
Proposal:
Allow URLbar/toolbar font size to be customized (like other "font" preferences in safari) or, allow the URLbar/toolbar to be resized via custom CSS (local only) as can be done with firefox.
*** This is an accessibility issue and is not a minor bug - it will prevent anyone using a hi-res display (in Windows 7 and most likely other MS OSes) from being able to use the browser effectively. Don't know if this is Windows-only or extends to Linux (Gnome/KDE/etc).
*** Does not occur in OS X 10.6.2 (24" imac 1920x1080 res., Safari 4.0.4).
Notes:
I use a custom CSS in Safari to zoom "web content" using the following file:
---begin---
body {
zoom 150%;
}
---end---
However, I can find no way to extend this zoom feature to the URLbar/toolbar (ala firefox).
I have tried changing all "advanced" display settings in Windows 7 (the items that control font sizes of UI components such as message boxes, menus, etc) to no avail. The "menu" font size changes the tab-bar font size not the URLBar/toolbar font size :(
I have tried a dozen different tweaks to my custom CSS file to try to tease the URLbar/toolbar font size to change without luck. Some examples are:
---begin---
body {
zoom 150%;
}
urlbar {
zoom 150%;
}
---end---
---begin---
body {
zoom 150%;
}
urlbar {
font-size: 14pt;
}
---end ---
---begin---
body {
zoom 150%;
}
toolbar {
font-size: 14pt;
}
---end---
---begin---
body {
zoom 150%;
}
toolbar {
zoom 150%;
}
---end---
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James Craig
This is an issue for Safari not WebKit. Please file and Accessibility issue at bugreport.apple.com.