[MlMt] Zoom and HTML messages

Michael Nietzold lists.freron.com at nietzold.com
Mon Apr 21 18:46:13 EDT 2025


> I expect that making that work would require Benny to refactor the message viewing part of MM yet again.

I would expect that the webview has a general zoom property

Von meinem iDingens gesendet...

> Am 22.04.2025 um 00:16 schrieb Bill Cole <mmlist-20120120 at billmail.scconsult.com>:
> On 2025-04-21 at 17:41:20 UTC-0400 (Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:41:20 -0700)
> John Cooper <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
> is rumored to have said:
> 
>> I use a 4K monitor that I prefer to run at native resolution, which often means adjusting text-based interfaces to make them more readable. For example, my browser remembers that two news sites I visit display at 130% and 150%.
>> 
>> In MailMate, text and markdown messages display as I would wish, but HTML messages (usually sent by corporations and mailing lists other than this one) are mostly way too small. There's one list in particular in which I have to press MailMate's "Zoom In" ten times to reach a preferable size.
> 
> Indeed, HTML is a terrible fit for email, which gets rendered in so many different tools that it always looks terrible for someone.
> 
>> Two questions:
>> 
>> In MailMate, is there any way to specify the default magnification of HTML formatted messages?
> 
> Not that I am aware of.
> 
> There IS a "Minimum Font Size" set in the Viewer pane of Settings.
> 
>> Is there any way to zoom the contents of a message without zoom the message window headers (i.e., MailMate-provided headers) too? They are comically big after I zoom the message text.
> 
> No way that I am aware of.
> I expect that making that work would require Benny to refactor the message viewing part of MM yet again.
> 
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