Requesting help with a specific IPB 1.3 style - Posting Box Text Size

[Bearded Kirklander]

I'm using one of those free IPB 1.3 hosting places so I can kind of get the hang of how forums work. So far, not too bad.

But I have one specific issue that is driving me bonkers, and no matter how hard I search or how hard I try, I cannot seem to find an answer. So, I wanted to ask here.

Right now on this site, I am composing a post in an edit box. There is the TITLE edit box, then there is the MESSAGE edit box. On this site it looks like the text is 12px, or thereabouts. It seems to match the font size when you actually view the post in the forums, which is great.

However, on the IPB 1.3 with the default skins, it looks like the font is about 9 or 10px instead of the 12 I would prefer. I have searched in the style sheet for the site and cannot for the LIFE of me find out where to change that value.

I would like it to be 12px for both the POST NEW THREAD/POST REPLY box as well as the Fast Reply box. Don't know if they are different.

I have had no trouble working with the Styles to set the signature properties, the lineheight settings (changed from 160% to like 120% spacing) plus I've done all sorts of other semi-complicated stuff in the Manage HTML section. But I can't find where to adjust that text font size so it will default to a larger font that is more readable.

So, if someone could please assist me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,

BK

[Bearded Kirklander]

I've been trying to find out how to increase the font size in the text entry fields in Invision Power Board 1.3 for a while. The part where you enter your post and do the quick reply and all that has a really small font by comparision to the display font in the forum, and I wanted to at least have the same size if possible.

After some hours of working the issue, I tested about every relevant entry in the Style Sheet. I found one line that didn't seem to work at all, no matter what I did. It looked like this:

.forminput, .textinput, .radiobutton, .checkbox { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

I have this philosophy that when I want to work on something, I break it down into its constituent parts, so I tried that here and created 4 individual Styles:

.forminput { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.textinput { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.radiobutton { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.checkbox { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

Once I did that, I was able to make a change to the font size for each of those 4 entries and THIS time, it actually worked.

The main one to worry about is TEXTINPUT. That is the main body of where you enter the text. I went ahead and set that to 12px. I also set FORMINPUT to 12px. That is for the edit boxes for title and description, etc. So, the final deal was to replace the single line with 4 individual lines and the final changes looked like this:

.forminput { font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.textinput { font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.radiobutton { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.checkbox { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

You can make 'em as big as ya want, but for me, 12px is just fine.

So, it would seem that the problem is solved, at least for me.

Of note - there are two other key lines that may be helpful to ya'all. In the style sheet they show up like this:

.postcolor { font-size: 12px; line-height: 140% }
.signature { font-size: 10px; color: darkblue; line-height: 130% }

Postcolor is the default font size to display the forums. When I looked at it, the line-height was 160%, I think. So, I set it to 140%, and it seems well spaced now.

Signature is the default signature style, and I changed its line-height to 130% and the default color to blue to differentiate it from the main post.

One thing you can do if you wish for the TEXTINPUT style is give it the same LINE-HEIGHT as the POSTCOLOR area to ensure consistency in appearance. I was able to do that by making the following modification:

.textinput { font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 140% }

I hope all this helps someone in their quest for formatting control in IPB 1.3.

Good luck.