Developer-Controlled Font Size Configuration in Universal GUI

Hi Koen,

We want to keep the model rather clean of any platform-specific information. Having a customizable font size for every bit of text in the UI will create a large number of settings which will not be portable to a new generation of user interfaces as they are likely to use a different design system.

Consider that, if we had a model setting for label size for the Windows UI, it would not be portable to Universal UI (due to the floating labels) or the (now deprecated) Mobile UI (due to the very different form set-up). Likewise for UI-design specific matters such as the ribbon, the context menu / overflow menu, etc.

This is largely what the custom.css is for. The file can be registered in IAM nowadays - the deployment challenge with custom.css is a thing of the past.

​@Anne Buit 
 

Hi Anne,

We’re encountering the following issue:

As shown in the screenshot, there are multiple font sizes appearing within a single screen. Applying a custom font (in this case, two bold variants for clear testing) doesn’t resolve the inconsistency. Unfortunately, using custom CSS isn’t a viable solution for us, as we would need to maintain it across 40 separate IAM environments.

It would be very helpful if we could define font sizes such as a header and body size directly within the Software Factory. This would allow for consistent styling without relying on external CSS files.

Hi ​@Koen Franken,

I think both responses include good arguments. In my opinion, these come together in the following idea:

This keeps the model clean of platform-specific information, but would make the custom CSS a lot more maintainable.

My suggestion would be to merge this idea into that one.