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Allowing MSIE to change text size

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Feb 09.2006

I’ve been working on a number of sites that format all text using various bits of CSS. However, I’ve found that I can’t adjust the text size when browsing in MS Internet Explorer (although it’s fine in FireFox)…

Can anyone tell me what allows/forbids MSIE to change the displayed text size on-screen, so I can fix this? Many thanks!

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@johnevaFeb 09.2006 — I miss read this post ignor me. :rolleyes:
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@the_treeFeb 09.2006 — Is your problem that you can't change the text size with the browser or that you can't change the text size with your code?

Try using [I]em[/I] instead of [I]px[/I] or [I]pt[/I].
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@nickismeauthorFeb 09.2006 — Sorry, the problem is that I can't change the text size in the browser... the code's fine
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@the_treeFeb 09.2006 — In wich case I guess it's because you're using absolute font-sizes. If you use em or % then it should work.
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@ray326Feb 09.2006 — Sorry, the problem is that I can't change the text size in the browser... the code's fine[/QUOTE]The code's not fine if you can't resize the text. It means you're probably setting font sizes in pixels.
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@nickismeauthorFeb 10.2006 — Ah. Well, you live and learn. I'd always thought pixels were fine to format text with... obviously not!
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@ray326Feb 11.2006 — It's an IE inaccessibility "feature."
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