larger text size in a text box

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How do you make the input text size larger inside a text box?

I tried messing with it in the style selection but that didn’t work out too well

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Hello try using the Graphic box instead, they go up to 96dpi see if that helps

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I’ll play with that. But can u set it to take input text?

I am just doing a search bar and the request is for like font 24 inside the text box.

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You can’t use a graphic text box as a form input (well, except as a submit button, but that’s not the point here).

Make a new style in your Styles palette with the desired font size. In the Tag field, enter .bigInput (with the leading dot) and then tab into the Name field and delete whatever is there and tab back out. Then in your layout, click once on your form field and open the Extended dialog. Make sure the Input tab is highlighted, then click New. In the sub-dialog, enter the following:

  • Name: class
  • Value: bigInput

Okay out of the stack of dialogs and preview in a browser. (You won’t see any change in Freeway’s design view.)

Walter

On Dec 7, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Shane wrote:

I’ll play with that. But can u set it to take input text?

I am just doing a search bar and the request is for like font 24 inside the text box.

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Walt,

Thats what I actually did the first time. I probably made a mistake in it.

I’ll try it again.

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OK… found my mistake.

If anyone reads this in the Future, Walter is 100% correct in how to do this.

How ever, make sure when you create your style. there is 2 size boxes. make sure you make them both the size u want.

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Also, for anyone who has trouble with text box changing sizes. Pickup the freeze from action “FreezeFormAction”

http://actionsforge.com/actions/view/64-freezeformaction

apply the action to the box and you are done.

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