AKS Toolkit and font sizes

Question

Am I losing the plot or do the masterpages included in the accessibility toolkit (AKS) not allow you to change the font size in the browser?

I thought that was one of the fixes that this toolkit solves or maybe I misunderstood!

Would appreciate anyones thoughts on this.

Answer 1

I have seen the live demo @ TechEd Developers 2007. The AKS BlueBand does allow you to change the font-size in the browser. Which master page are you using in your solution?

 

Answer 2

I've tried the blueband, I'm applying it to a 'blank site' and yet if I use CTRL++ or CTRL+- or use the IE menu to change the font size it doesn't seem to do anything, does it need to be a particular type of MOSS site template?

All the best

Answer 3

I assume you're using the AKS Blue Band instead of Blue Band? AKS doesn't change the default files but provides their accessible equivalents only.

 

Answer 4

Yes, the AKS Blue Band - it's a MOSS install and I've created a new blank site just to try it, I've added the AKS feature and can select the AKS masterpages but when I try to resize the text it does nothing?

All the best

Answer 5

I have just created a new Publishing Site, activated the AKS Feature, set the Master Page to AKS_BlueBand.master and it works correctly. Are you sure that the site you have created is a Publishing Site (Publishing Infrastructure Site Collection Feature turned on and the Publishing Feature turned on)?

 

Answer 6

Some work around could be to add the following code to your css:

*{

font-size:x-small;

}


This way every text-element keeps its independicy of its parent-element AND it will scale in your browser. Note that in some browsers the crtl - and the ctrl+ doe not always increase or decrease your font-size, but only enlarges your view.