Re: Global Font Change

FROM : Jonathan Hess
DATE : Thu Jan 31 22:34:28 2008

On Jan 31, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Chris Schmitt wrote:

> So if I wanted to change the font size of a label I would have to do 
> programatically, or write my own sub class?  There is no way in IB 
> to set the label to something like bold?


I haven't been reading this thread, but you can change the font of any 
control with the font panel in Interface Builder.

To make a label bold, add one to a document, select it, bring up the 
font panel, and change the font.

Jon Hess

>
>
> I will check out the control size, that might help me out for what I 
> am thinking.
>
> Thanks for all your help!!
>
> On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:16 PM, j o a r wrote:
>

>>
>> On Jan 31, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Chris Schmitt wrote:
>>

>>> How do I change the font that is used for all NSLabels, 
>>> NSTextFields, etc..? Basically I want to make the default font 
>>> smaller for all text within my application, not the menu bar or 
>>> anything outside my application, just my views, and windows..  Is 
>>> this done through skinning or is this a global property that can 
>>> be set?

>>
>>
>> There is no global switch to get what you're asking for, and 
>> typically that's not what you want either (you might want to have 
>> *most* of your controls in one particular size, but very rarely all 
>> of them). You, the programmer or interface designer, will have to 
>> manually make sure that all controls in your interface is using the 
>> font size you want.
>>
>> You might want to look at the documentation for NSControlSize. This 
>> is a way to easily make controls appear at one of a predefined set 
>> of sizes. You can set this property from Interface Builder or in 
>> code. If you set it from code, you might also have to set the font 
>> size separately (I don't remember, and don't think, that it's 
>> updated automatically for you).
>>
>> j o a r
>>
>>

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