Change text font by scripting

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Hello,

I need to change the font of a label with a condition
but it seems there is a bug or I am doing it wrong, for example:

from java.awt import Font
nom = event.source.parent.getComponent('ioParamNom')
nom.font = Font('MV boli', Font.ITALIC, 30)

the inital text font is ('Dialog', Font.BOLD, 10)

The font works and the style works but not the size
So I tried changing the Font and the style, always works but it doesn't take the size
I tried testing with button, when I click the button, it runs the code above and I see that the size changes to 30 for a second but comes back to inital 10

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I am unable to replicate this behavior. I change the font of a label using your script, and it works perfectly. I even closed the designer and reopened it. It remembered.

What version of ignition are you using? Presently, I'm testing on 8.1.20

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I'm on V8.1.18

It's weird because when I run it in the designer pressing the button play, it works
It doesn't work when I launch it from "Tools->Launch Project->Launch (windowed)"

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Yup; you are correct. When I run it outside of the designer in an actual session, there is no noticeable change in size. I wonder if this is because the font automatically changes size proportionally to the label, and in the actual session, the label itself holds its dimensions.

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I set up an experiment where I forcibly changed the label's size using this:

system.gui.transform(nom, nom.x, nom.y, 200, 200)

It did change the size of the label, but if the vertical alignment is not set to "Top," the label appears to move when the width and height change

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Injecting HTML into the label changed the font size as expected in the actual session:

from java.awt import Font
nom = event.source.parent.getComponent('ioParamNom')
nom.font = Font('MV boli', Font.ITALIC, 30)
labelText = "TestText"
nom.text = "<html><p style='font-size:30px'>" + labelText + "</p></html>"
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Yes! Thanks
It worked on a label even with this short code:

nom.text = "<html><font size=30>" + labelText

BUT, I tried with a "Text Field" and a "Text Area", it doesn't work

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I'm able to replicate this. The font size doesn't change. If I highlight the text, it changes for a second, and then snaps back to the smaller size.

It works as expected in the designer though.

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I even set up a style customizer tied to a custom property I called fontSize. When I changed the custom property, it was the same result. The style was applied for a moment, and then, it was immediately overwritten.

Again, the approach worked as expected in the designer, but not in an actual session.

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Will probably have to use Java (Perhaps the UIManager) in order to get this to work.

Maybe the Synthetica.font.scaleFactor?

There are some limitations to what Swing is capable of though.

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Did y'all turn off 'Scale Font' in the layout settings?
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Working+with+Vision+Components#WorkingwithVisionComponents-RelativeLayout

Note that even if the component is anchored, the 'Scale Font' checkbox still applies.

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That needs to be marked as the solution. It fixed the problem in my test environment on all components.

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Yes thanks!
It worked for me too