On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 22 May 2008, at 10:06 PM, M A wrote: > >> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On May 9, 2008, at 7:51 AM, M A wrote: >>> >>>> How do I set preferences for what is shown in the preview pane (ie >>>> the >>>> part of the window below the table of all my publications)? In >>>> particular, how can I make the font larger? It used to be that I >>>> could >>>> go into BibDesk's preferences and under the Display preferences I >>>> could select something for Preview Pane Display (e.g. Details, >>>> Annot, >>>> PDF, etc) and under Fonts I could change the font for the Preview >>>> pane. My main interest is in changing the font to a larger size to >>>> make it easier for me to read all the information (particularly the >>>> abstract) for a selected publication. >>> >>> details are in this RFE: >>> >>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1958385&group_id=61487&atid=497426 >>> >> >> I upgraded to 1.3.17 (from 1.3.14 where I could alter the font size of >> the preview pane) to try out the new functionality of zooming the >> text. Although the new feature was a nice try, it does not succeed in >> providing the functionality of earlier versions (e.g. 1.3.14). The >> problem is that zooming in, or selecting a larger than 100% value in >> the bottom right corner might make the text larger but it doesn't fit >> it into the window anymore. So, trying to read the abstract, for >> instance, or even just seeing the whole title, is no longer possible >> without scrolling from side to side. Is it possible to make the text >> fit into the window? (I know the inclination is to say "no" to feature >> requests, but this is not so much about adding a new feature as >> reverting back to an old, and nice, one.) >> >> Mark A > > Indeed, the answer is no. We won't go back to the old system. There > were too many view options while still being too restricted in the > choices you had. Templates make the these specific choices obsolete > and allow an enormous amount of customization. > > I think your request should be more to make zooming better behaved, by > fitting to the available space when you rescale. I think that's > possible, and try to implement it. >
Yes, that is precisely my (intended) request. My apologies for inaccurately stating a request for "reverting back to an old [feature]" instead of "reverting behavior back to an old [feature] behavior." Thanks, Mark A ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
