Stopping "text zoom feature" in IE with CSS - Not working

Hi all,

I've been out of the loop for a few years due to a chronic illness. This
used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

http://www.tavaresmotorsport.com/new/html_pages/catalog.html

Thanks in advance,
Hope

Hmm I can't get the text size to change in IE 6 (winxp virtual pc). It
does zoom in Opera.

I think the reason it doens't work in IE is cause IE sucks. The font is
defined in points in the CSS. It would have to be defined in percents
or ems I think to get the font change. If it's your site change the
size to one of these (or use pixels).

Misha


Hope wrote:

Hi all,

I've been out of the loop for a few years due to a chronic illness. This
used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

http://www.tavaresmotorsport.com/new/html_pages/catalog.html

Thanks in advance,
Hope

used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

You can't prevent people from resizing text. IE/PC, if you use pixels, makes
it a bit more difficult to do so, but it's still possible.

You're better off just accepting the fact that the type size is variable and
design around it.

I wish you the best with coping with your illness.

-Darrel

Ah I misunderstood your post. Blindish people use the text zoom feature
to read small text.


Misha wrote:

Hmm I can't get the text size to change in IE 6 (winxp virtual pc). It
does zoom in Opera.

I think the reason it doens't work in IE is cause IE sucks. The font is
defined in points in the CSS. It would have to be defined in percents
or ems I think to get the font change. If it's your site change the
size to one of these (or use pixels).

Misha


Hope wrote:

Hi all,

I've been out of the loop for a few years due to a chronic illness. This
used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

http://www.tavaresmotorsport.com/new/html_pages/catalog.html

Thanks in advance,
Hope

Just another confirmation of what you've been told: it simply can't be done.
Never could be in the past, either, so I don't know exactly what you're
remembering.

Thankfully, the user can ALWAYS change the size of the text, unless it's in
the form of a graphic.

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Thankfully, the user can ALWAYS change the size of the text, unless it's
in
the form of a graphic.

Of course, if they are using Opera or a FireFox plug-in, they can also
resize the image. ;o)

-Darrel

darrel <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Thankfully, the user can ALWAYS change the size of the text, unless
it's in the form of a graphic.

Of course, if they are using Opera or a FireFox plug-in, they can also
resize the image. ;o)

Pixie dust can make the text fly, too!!

So can meth...or so I've been told. :-S

Thank you for your quick response and your well wishes. I went head to head
with a golf ball and lost.

I hear you when you suggest to "design around it", but it's inevitable to get
requests from clients that want things that are difficult.

The client would like the text to take up the same amount of space as in height
as the photograph. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Hope



darrel wrote:

used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

You can't prevent people from resizing text. IE/PC, if you use pixels, makes
it a bit more difficult to do so, but it's still possible.

You're better off just accepting the fact that the type size is variable and
design around it.

I wish you the best with coping with your illness.

-Darrel

THe only way to do it would be to use a picture of text. However then
it's not page searchable (ctrl/command-f) and I'm not sure if search
engines treat alt information as they do text.


You could go for an approximation of equality by chaning the font size
and titles. Use pixels for the fonts.

Hope wrote:

Thank you for your quick response and your well wishes. I went head to head
with a golf ball and lost.

I hear you when you suggest to "design around it", but it's inevitable to get
requests from clients that want things that are difficult.

The client would like the text to take up the same amount of space as in height
as the photograph. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Hope



darrel wrote:


used to work in IE and now it's not.

Can any one explain why? The text size remains fixed in Netscape and not
IE.

You can't prevent people from resizing text. IE/PC, if you use pixels, makes
it a bit more difficult to do so, but it's still possible.

You're better off just accepting the fact that the type size is variable and
design around it.

I wish you the best with coping with your illness.

-Darrel

Thanks for the info. I think it's time to go back to the drawing board....

Hope