I'm not crazy - font size control disappears

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

Control panel for new post:

Screenshot of the Post thread form with an empty title field, a Discussion and Poll tab, and a formatting toolbar; a red arrow points to the font size dropdown button.

Control panel for any subsequent post or edit:

Screenshot of the Physics Forums post editor showing the title field reading I'm not crazy - font size control disappears! and a red question mark in the empty toolbar area where the font size control should be.

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

Have you been messing with the "[ ]" BB Code control again, Dave? And where did the Christmas sherry go?

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

berkeman said:

Have you been messing with the "[ ]" BB Code control again, Dave? And where did the Christmas sherry go?

Nope. Not that.

^{(And I can neither donfirm nor ceny the missing Shristmas Cherry)}

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

When I started a new thread just now, I had to click the "More Options" button at the bottom of the screen to get the line that had the font size control. Maybe try that? (I'm on a Win10 laptop)

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

berkeman said:

"More Options" button

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

Okay, give me a second to take a screenshot. That Christmas sherry had better be back by the time I post the pic...

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

No, I see it.

It's different depending on how you start a new thread.

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

This is what I see before clicking the big More Options button in the lower right. Clicking it adds in the font size selector to the Options line at the top.

Screenshot of a forum new-thread editor with the prefix set to (No prefix) and title field showing foo, a toolbar of formatting icons, and buttons labelled Attach files, Post thread and More options.

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

Yes. But....There's more than one way to start a new thread.

I can start a new thread "inline", thus:

Forum thread list with a red arrow pointing to the empty title field reading 'Enter a Descriptive Title! (affects open rate)', above two pinned threads by Greg Bernhardt and Tom.G.

and I get the editor with "More Options", thus:

Forum new-thread editor with a red arrow pointing to the More options button, next to Post thread and the Attach files and Insert quotes buttons.

Or I can start a thread with the "Post Thread" button, thus:

Forum header showing 'Feedback and Announcements Forum' with a red arrow pointing to a blue 'Post thread' button on the right.

and I get the extra editor functions directly, thus:

Screenshot of the Post thread editor on a forum, with a red arrow pointing to the text size dropdown icon in the formatting toolbar.

But - there is no such control when I reply to a thread, thus:

Forum reply editor toolbar with bold, italic, list and other formatting buttons, a red question mark pointing at the list button, and a quoted post reading: Oh, I see what you are asking now. The Reply option does not display the font control or the More options button.

or when I edit a post, thus:

Forum post editor toolbar with a red question mark, showing sample text: Default font size 18, a small font size 9 line, and lines of [SUP] and [SUB] tags with underlined superscript and subscript text.

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

But what? You click that button and you still don't see the text size control?

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

berkeman said:

But what? You click that button and you still don't see the text size control?

(See updated post 9)

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

Are you on a laptop? Which OS and browser? I'm using Firefox.

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

Oh, I see what you are asking now. The Reply option does not display the font control or the "More options..." button.

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

berkeman said:

Oh, I see what you are asking now. The Reply option does not display the font control or the "More options..." button.

Yeah, neither does the Edit button.

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

@Greg Bernhardt

Greg Bernhardt · Dec 22, 2022

Text size in the editor has been disabled for many years. It's unnecessary and too often abused.

Ibix · Dec 22, 2022

Greg Bernhardt said:

Text size in the editor has been disabled for many years. It's unnecessary and too often abused.

Doesn't look disabled to me...

Greg Bernhardt · Dec 22, 2022

Ibix said:

Doesn't look disabled to me...

I meant not in the toolbar. The bbcode will still work.

Ibix · Dec 22, 2022

Firefox on Android:

Phone screenshot of a forum post editor toolbar with a font size dropdown open, listing sizes 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22 and 26, above an on-screen keyboard.

Greg Bernhardt · Dec 22, 2022

Now try

Ibix · Dec 22, 2022

It's gone now.

Algr · Dec 22, 2022

I'm not crazy. 1
I'm not crazy. 3
I'm not crazy! 5
I'm not crazy!. 7
I'm not crazy!! 9
I'm not crazy!!! 11

Six lines of BBCode text showing [SIZE=n] tags with the phrase I'm not crazy followed by punctuation and a number, n going from 1 to 11 in steps of 2, with the last line closing tag reading [/SIZE].

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

Greg Bernhardt said:

Now try

Screenshot of the Post thread editor on a forum, showing the No prefix dropdown, the title field, the Discussion and Poll tabs, and a formatting toolbar with a tooltip reading Font size.

Greg Bernhardt · Dec 22, 2022

Now should be gone

DaveC426913 · Dec 22, 2022

_{_{Yay. The thing I really wanted to use I have managed to instead get deprecated. Yay.}}

berkeman · Dec 22, 2022

Too bad the tiny fonts cut off at the baseline. Otherwise I'd say "Yav!" too.

Forum post header showing username DaveC426913, Gold Member, 21,221 messages and 4,687 reactions, with a small text line reading "Yay. The thing I really wanted to use I have managed to instead get deprecated. Yay."

Algr · Dec 22, 2022

Does it still cut off if it is not the last line? yygg
?

Frabjous · Dec 23, 2022

DaveC426913 said:

_{_{Yay. The thing I really wanted to use I have managed to instead get deprecated. Yay.}}

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