Font in Search Results window too small and can not be changed
When I do a Search in Visual Studio 2005 Help, a Search results window appears. The font in that window is so small that I have a hard time reading it. (My eyes are 64 years old.)
Ok, no problem, I thought, I'll just change the font size to a larger font. Oops, there seems to be no way of changing the font size in the search results window! (In Help windows displaying a help article, you can change the font size, but not in the search results window).
The same problem occurs with the Contents pane and the Index pane in Visual Studio 2005 Help -- font size can not be changed.
Or am I overlooking something?
By the way, friends, please do not suggest that I change my screen resolution down to 800x600 from 1280x1024.
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Tom0674] at [2007-12-19]
Thanks for your reply! However..
I don't understand why Microsoft won't let me change these font sizes to what I want as part of the options in the IDE. The system should be configurable by the user, and not designed to be readable only by young people who have new eyes and sharp vision.
I consider this a bug, and a very annoying one. And I still do not have a satisfactory workaround other than squinting and leaning in close to the screen.
One suggestion for Microsoft: employ some older persons as part of the test-and-evaluation team for Visual Studio. Not all programmers are in their 20's.
Hi Tom -
Did you try increasing the font setting through the Windows accessibility settings? That should change the font settings within the IDE.
Thanks for your suggestion about adding this setting to the IDE font settings in Tools Options. You could file this section on the Product Feedback Center and it will go straight to our development team (and give the suggestion more weight :)). You can get to the Product Feedback Center by choosing "Send Feedback" from the Community menu in Visual Studio 2005.
Thanks!
Jeremy
I'm having the same problem.
The font size in Visual Studio is so tiny I can't read it, and I have perfect 20-20 vision. It is something like a 4-5pt font. The same in all my MMC snap-ins, like IIS Manager. There is definitely some problem here, it all began after installing VS2005. I would like to know how to fix it.
Paul DiLascia
MSDN Magazine
