DISCLAIMER: I really don’t know what I’m doing with CSS, BUT…if you’re desperate for a fix, you might try this.
If you publish your project with HTML5, you can open the “mobile” folder and edit the “player.css” file using Notepad++ (or plain old notepad).The portion that controls the menu font looks like this (for unordered list items; if you have ordered, i.e. numbered menu items, I suppose it’s defined elsewhere):
I changed the font-size to 16px; the weight to normal (or it gets messy looking) and adjusted the height to 20px (or the text gets cut off).
My menu in the player changed from this:
to this:
Of course, it won’t affect your Flash version, but I’d imagine the HTML5 is when it would be most important anyway since that’s what is used on iPads and non-Flash mobile devices. There may be side-effects (not sure what happens to longer titles, wrapped titles etc.). Judging by the dates of postings related to this issue, it is not a high priority for new updates so I thought I’d experiment with it. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who can make use of it or find further ways to improve it.
Nice solution and thanks for sharing it here for others. Even though this thread is from August, it's still a popular topic. Since you're playing around with your code skills, have you looked into the Storyline SDK?
I had come across it briefly a while ago, but wasn't sure what it was. I'm not very good with ActionScript but I have used it in the past. Thanks, I'll look into it some more.
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You cannot change the font size, the only thing you can do is use a relatively larger font in the player.
Hi Shyam! Just let us know if you need anything further after Phil's response. You could also submit a feature request for this.
Hi Phil,
Thanks for your reply.
Hi Leslie,
I am just wondering with this idea of mine, when I am thinking logically.
There should a place in the file, where the default size of the font is mentioned. Correct me if I am wrong.
If we can trace that may we can change that.
I am just randomly throwing ideas. Anyway, I am putting this feature request
Thanks.
Ideas are great! Especially in the form of a feature request.
Thanks Shyam!
DISCLAIMER: I really don’t know what I’m doing with CSS, BUT…if you’re desperate for a fix, you might try this.
If you publish your project with HTML5, you can open the “mobile” folder and edit the “player.css” file using Notepad++ (or plain old notepad).The portion that controls the menu font looks like this (for unordered list items; if you have ordered, i.e. numbered menu items, I suppose it’s defined elsewhere):
I changed the font-size to 16px; the weight to normal (or it gets messy looking) and adjusted the height to 20px (or the text gets cut off).
My menu in the player changed from this:
to this:
Of course, it won’t affect your Flash version, but I’d imagine the HTML5 is when it would be most important anyway since that’s what is used on iPads and non-Flash mobile devices. There may be side-effects (not sure what happens to longer titles, wrapped titles etc.). Judging by the dates of postings related to this issue, it is not a high priority for new updates so I thought I’d experiment with it. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who can make use of it or find further ways to improve it.
Hi David,
Nice solution and thanks for sharing it here for others. Even though this thread is from August, it's still a popular topic. Since you're playing around with your code skills, have you looked into the Storyline SDK?
I had come across it briefly a while ago, but wasn't sure what it was. I'm not very good with ActionScript but I have used it in the past. Thanks, I'll look into it some more.
Good luck David and if you need any help or just want to see what others are doing with it, you'll want to visit theSDK forum
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