Font Size Choices

[daniel]

Is there a way to make a drop down menu of font size choices for a field?

[David Miller]

Is there a way to make a drop down menu of font size choices for a field?

 

Yes. It is a called a Format Field. Take a look at the "+ Add a Format Field" at the bottom of the Form Display Tab when your in "Configure Template" on the back end.

 

It's fairly, self-explanatory. Post back if you have any difficulties.

 

P.S. Forum Weirdness. You asked a similar question before. Looks like around May 20, 2015. I posted an answer, including how to remove colors. You replied:

"THANKs for the thorough answer, I was about to ask how to remove colors next."

It seems that the thread was deleted. (By who??? I can't seem to find it anymore???) The last trace of it can be found

here

: (forums.pti.com/showthread.php?t=4198&goto=newpost). Maybe the forum administrator can provide more info. I have an email record of it. Very strange.

Edited September 1, 2015 by David Miller

[Dan Korn]

P.S. Forum Weirdness. You asked a similar question before. Looks like around May 20, 2015. I posted an answer, including how to remove colors. You replied:

 

It seems that the thread was deleted. (By who??? I can't seem to find it anymore???) The last trace of it can be found

here

: (forums.pti.com/showthread.php?t=4198&goto=newpost). Maybe the forum administrator can provide more info. I have an email record of it. Very strange.

That thread was mistakenly deleted as a duplicate of this one. They have the same title, but the responses are different. I've restored the thread so that both are visible.

 

Pro tip: If you post to the wrong sub-forum, you can move your thread instead of posting again.

[David Miller]

...I've restored the thread so that both are visible.

 

Pro tip: If you post to the wrong sub-forum, you can move your thread instead of posting again.

 

Thank you Dan. Good to know.

 

The answer to the original question in this thread can be found here.

[daniel]

Thanks, I was looking for something more along the lines of a drop down menu showing numbers or small, medium, large options. Is that possible?

[David Miller]

Thanks, I was looking for something more along the lines of a drop down menu showing numbers or small, medium, large options. Is that possible?

 

I'd just add a note to the Font Size Format Field. The Font Size Format Field isn't a Text Drop-Down.

 

 

If you want a Text Drop-Down you will need to use a Rule. Maybe something like this:

 

var p = Field("FontSize");

return '<z newsize=\"' + p + '\">' + Field("YourFieldName");

 

The Field FontSize would need to be numbers.

Edited September 1, 2015 by David Miller

[FreightTrain]

daniel,

You need to create a text field to the data source that will be used to control the font size (this will be setup as the drop down [DD] in MarcomCentral). Next you need to create a rule to return the font size tag, which applies the field choice in the field above - it is critical that the "Treat return strings as tagged text" box is checked. Now depending on the DD having the numeric values or the small, medium , large values, you have a couple options (see below):

 

Option A - uses size values as numbers:

return '<z new size="'+Field("Font Size")+'">'+Field("Headline");

 

Option B - uses size vales as S, M L:

var newSize = "";

 

if (Field("Font Size") == "Small")

 

newSize = "14";

 

if (Field("Font Size") == "Medium")

 

newSize = "20";

 

if (Field("Font Size") == "Large")

 

newSize = "24";

 

return '<z new size="'+newSize+'">'+Field("Headline");

 

Hope this helps

[daniel]

nice, thanks. i'll give this to my programmer.