Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Thom Brown wrote:
> > On 31 August 2010 18:45, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > > Thom Brown wrote:
> > >> >> But the benefit of the javascript hack was that we weren't setting a
> > >> >> base font size for everything, we just bump up the relative font size
> > >> >> for elements which are monospaced by default.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> There's pros and cons to both approaches. ?I'm not sure which one you
> > >> >> guys prefer.
> > >> >
> > >> > If we are using Javascript, why can't we probe the font size and do
> > >> > something reasonable, e.g. make monospace larger only if it smaller than
> > >> > proportional?
> > >>
> > >> Hmm.. I don't know if the rendered font size is exposed to the DOM.
> > >
> > > I quick search shows it as document.body.style.fontSize:
> > >
> > > ? ? ? ?http://www.ehow.com/how_5924039_change-font-size-javascript.html
> > >
> > > I believe you can query a fixed-width attribute to find its font size.
> > > Would you like me to write some Javascript that illustrates that?
> >
> > The code on that page shows that the value can be blank, suggesting it
> > only picks up applied CSS styles, not font sizes which are a result of
> > falling back on the defaults.
>
> OK, let me dig around.
I found some sample code the is supposed to work in all browers. I
tested it in Firefox and it worked. It should work in Opera and IE as
well. HTML/Javascript file attached.
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