{"id":3891,"date":"2018-08-09T08:35:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T07:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2018-09-27T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:00:20","slug":"change-text-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/change-text-size\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I change the text size in the Cradle UI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of us spend long periods of time working at our computer screens. Consequently, eye strain can become a serious problem. Also, we can sometimes be more productive if we can maximise the amount of information shown. Hence, changing the text size used in the Cradle UI can help in both of these cases, and in several other situations as well.<\/p>\n

Maximised Data Display Area<\/h2>\n

Read articles covering how to maximise the screen area available to display information or drawings.<\/a><\/p>\n

For comparison, if you use all of the tips described in that other blog post, the UI will have a maximised data display area and will appear like this:<\/p>\n

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Display in Normal Text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Increase Text Size<\/h2>\n

You can increase the size of text used in the UI by setting the Text size<\/strong> user preference to Large<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Set Large Text Size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You must re-start WorkBench after making this change.<\/p>\n

Using the larger text, the above query and view will be shown like this:<\/p>\n

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Display in Large Text Size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Decrease Text Size<\/h2>\n

You can decrease the size of text used in the UI by setting the Text size<\/strong> user preference to Small<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Set Small Text Size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You must re-start WorkBench after making this change.<\/p>\n

Using the smaller text, the above query and view will be shown like this:<\/p>\n

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Display in Small Text Size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Uses<\/h2>\n

Cradle provides several options to maximise the screen area used to display information. You can change a user preference to change the size of text used throughout the UI.<\/p>\n

You can use these in combination to:<\/p>\n