Hi :) Ahah, trust Dan to know the answer :D Feature-request, wish-list and enhancement-request are all the same thing. Different projects prefer different terms and i can never remember which is the one that gets used in LibreOffice so i just try to cover the most likely choices. I guess ideally i would prefer it if it did use the fonts set in Writer by default but would also allow "Styles" (so i guess the style called "default" or "body-text" would be the one set in the Writer section Tools - Options - Writer - "Basic fonts" but it would make even more sense if the options in there were moved to Tools - Options - Fonts I wonder why that hasn't been done already though? There might be a really good reason why not. So, the way i see uit there are perhaps 3 or 4 enhancement-requests (or whatever) that might be worth posting.
I don't think any count as proper bugs and i wouldn't want to put it on tooo high a priority because there are a lot more serious issues that would be best done sooner. At least this issue is just cosmetic. For example better back-ends and tighter integration with more back-ends would be great (apparently the people from postgresql (and the liaison chap) here did a great job and Alex sorts out MySql/MariaDb quite often). Pruning Base right back to get rid of some of those troublesome wizards would be fantastic. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2013, 11:26 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Changing & restoring (Default) font > >I use the Ubuntu OS, and I have noticed that the Default font setting is >"Ubuntu" which got me to thinking. Is Base using the OS font settings? It >seems that it is. I changed the Ubuntu OS font settings from Ubuntu to >Liberation Sans and then checked the default fonts in Base. They also were >changed to Liberation Sans. So, change your OS fonts to what you want the Base >fonts to be. > >--Dan > > >On 01/12/2013 07:48 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: >> I am not well versed in the "Styles" department, but that may be more >> towards what you want. Make a "style" and use it to make Base workings use >> a font style. >> >> Yes, there has to be a Font control for Base. >> >> There is a >> "Font settings for HTML, Basic, and SQL sources" under Tools > Options > >> LibreOffice > Fonts >> >> Have you looked there to see if changing that from "Automatic" to a specific >> font name and size will work for you? >> >> I am just wondering if Base would use the default font setting for "Basic" >> and "SQL". >> >> >> On 01/12/2013 07:27 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: >>> Tom, >>> I was able to multi-select the controls and change the font as you >>> suggested. Using ctrl-shift-click also only selected the control, not the >>> captions, however, I can see that getting tricky if the controls and their >>> captions are all over the form, as mine are. If they were all in one or two >>> columns, that would be easy. This procedure may be a work-around. >>> >>> Ummm. Changing the default font is a "wish-list" or "feature request"? >>> Not being able to do so sounds more like a bug or a slip-up to me. There >>> is also the matter of being able to change back to the default. IMHO, what >>> should be done is to enable the toolbar font styles and/or font selection >>> when a control is selected. They seem pretty useless otherwise. >>> >>> Thanks fro the help. >>> Girvin >>> >>> Tom Davies wrote: >>>> Hi :) >>>> Hmm, so perhaps an "Enhancement Request" (wish-list or feature-- request) >>>> might be a good idea with the request asking for the fonts to be in Tools >>>> - Options - Base >>>> >>>> It 'should' be possible to select quite a few elements on a Form or Report >>>> and change various things for all those that are selected. In Access i >>>> think i used to be able to select an area and any controls that were >>>> completely inside the area would be selected. Any that were partly >>>> outside wouldn't be. I think Shift click and Ctrl click also resulted in >>>> selecting more than 1 element at a time. Dunno if it works and even if it >>>> does work i dunno if it actually helps. >>>> Regards from >>>> Tom :) >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> From: Girvin R. Herr <girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>> To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: LibreOffice Users >>>>> <users@global.libreoffice.org> Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013, 21:24 >>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Changing & restoring (Default) font >>>>> >>>>> Tom, >>>>> I don't think I am over-complicating it. Here is what I found: >>>>> >>>>> In Tools -> Options -> Writer -> Basic fonts, I have "Default" >>>>> listed as "Liberation Sans", Size 12. (This is correct, for my >>>>>Writer.) >>>>> >>>>> In the example Base form I mentioned, when I have no control >>>>> selected (edit mode) , the toolbar shows "Default", "DejaVu Serif", >>>>> size 12. If I select a control the toolbar options are greyed out >>>>>and in the >>>>> control's properties dialog under "Font", it lists "(Default)", and >>>>> when I click on the [...] button to the right to get the font >>>>> selection dialog, it first highlights "DejaVu Sans", with size of >>>>> 10. I am assuming that since it is highlighted first, it is what >>>>> "(Default)" is set to. >>>>> >>>>> These are three different fonts! >>>>> So, your comment that Base does not have a separate default font does not >>>>> appear true. Base does not seem to track the Writer "Default" font as >>>>> its "(Default)" font. Keep in mind, this form was created way back with >>>>> an early version of OpenOffice, probably 2.4, so these font definitions >>>>> may be embedded in the form file somewhere from then. However, the >>>>> form's "(Default)" font should be changeable somewhere, as is Writer's, >>>>> since it can't seem to be changed in the Base form's style dialog. I >>>>> just had another idea and looked at the form's character style (no >>>>> control selected). There is a "Default" character style, but when I >>>>> right-click on it, all I get is "New", no "Modify" option. Weird! >>>>> >>>>> In the "big picture", what I am trying to do is change "(Default)" to the >>>>> font I want without changing each and every one of the numerous controls >>>>> in numerous forms that I have. That will be painful, as I discovered >>>>> already on one form, which I will have to return to "(Default)" when I >>>>> learn the secret of changing the "(Default)" font. That is why I asked >>>>> question #2 - how to return a control font to "(Default)" after is has >>>>> been changed to something else. >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Girvin Herr >>>>> >>>>> Tom Davies wrote: >>>>>> Hi :) >>>>>> Are you over-complicating the default font? >>>>>> Tools - Options - Writer - "Basic Fonts" >>>>>> should set the defaults for most things. There isn't a different one >>>>>> for Base. Regards from >>>>>> Tom :) >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> *From:* Girvin R. Herr <girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>>> *To:* LibreOffice Users <users@global.libreoffice.org> >>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, 12 January 2013, 2:28 >>>>>> *Subject:* [libreoffice-users] Base: Changing & restoring >>>>>> (Default) font >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>> I am running Base in LO 3.6.4.3. In a form, I am trying to change >>>>>> the "(Default)" font without any progress. I do not know where >>>>>> this "(Default)" font setting is located and the styles icon on >>>>>> the toolbar, along with the font window on the toolbar are grayed >>>>>> out if I have a control selected. They are not grayed out if I do >>>>>> not have any control selected and then I can change the "Default" >>>>>> style font to another font. However, when I select a control, the >>>>>> control properties dialog still has "(Default)" selected and the >>>>>> font displayed in the control is not the font I changed to in the >>>>>> style dialog. Does anyone know where to set the font assigned to >>>>>> the "(Default)" font? >>>>>> >>>>>> Second, related question: Once the control's font is changed in >>>>>> the control properties dialog to something other than "(Default)", >>>>>> how does one get it back to "(Default)"? >>>>>> The "(Default)" option is not available in the font selection >>>>>>dialog. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>> Girvin Herr > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
