In SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer - How to increase Font Size?
From the tool --> Options --> Fonts & Colors we can change fonts for many windows. There is a drop down 'Show Settings For' where we can changes font for text in many area's but I'm not sure how to change the font for the Object Explorer. I thought it would be the tools window drop down selection but that didn't effect the Object Explorer. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
You can't change the font of the Object Explorer on it's own but you can change it.
Go to "Tools/Options/Fonts and Colors"
Under the "Show settings for:" dropdown choose "Environment font"
Set the font/fontsize to whatever you want (I use 12 pt Segoe UI)
Click "OK"
Restart SSMS
Using SSMS 2016, it will set use the font and size settings under "Environment Font" in object explorer (and in all menus etc) on restart of SSMS. Screen shot showing setting panel and result
Sometimes I like larger fonts, they help me see clearly and avoid mistakes when reading all the tons of text and data.
My alternatives for not being able to change the font in Object Explorer:
Windows 7 has a Magnifier.
Add a Filter when finding a specific table among the many tables in a database. Right click on Tables --> Filter.
In SSMS-17, Once you have navigated to Tools->Options->Environment->Fonts and Colors, Select Environment Font from the Show settings for. Then the Font will need to be set to a different Font before the Size of the text can be changed. The Automatic default Font setting prevents the Size from being changed.
Snip: SSMS-17 Before changes are made
Snip: SSMS-17 After changes are made
This is a known issue, and will not be fixed at this time.
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/691432/ssms-should-be-able-to-set-font-size-for-object-explorer-registered-servers-and-properties
currently there is no option but you can vote for this to be added into future versions here:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/1046535
change grid result font
Go to "Tools/Options/Fonts and Colors"
Under the "Show settings for:" dropdown choose "grid results"
Set the font/fontsize to whatever you want (I use 12 pt Segoe UI)
Click "OK"
I had a similar issue where the sql connection box was really tiny. I tried using all the different font sizes for environment but nothing would fix the connection box size. What did fix it was a computer restart. All fonts went back to normal.
To increase the output of the print or select function, go to Options > Fonts and colors > Show settings for:, select Grid Results and change the field Size to a default of 7.
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As the subject says, I have an SSRS report that needs to have its printer setup a certain way, such as changing page orientation from Portrait to Landscape, in order to print correctly.
However, every time I go to do a test print of this report in Report Viewer, when I check the printer properties, they've all reverted back to the defaults. None of the changes I made were saved past the printing in that moment when I clicked OK.
Changing the settings in the printer itself has met the same result. Has anyone else encountered this? I am using SQL Server 2014.
EDIT: I forgot you can make SSRS reports in Visual Studio, so to be clear I'm using SSRS Report Builder.
Following Russel's response, I have confirmed that my page width and height are set correctly for landscape printing. I hadn't changed the margins from their 1" defaults before now, so hopefully that will yield some result. In any case, here's what my settings look like right now.
In VS, select the Properties tab and in the dropdown at the very top, right under "Properties", select "Report". If you scroll down you'll see settings for "Page", including Margins and Page Size. If it should print landscape, swap the PageSize settings: 11in wide and 8.5in high. Set appropriate margins and be aware that if you have 1" left and right margins, your report data can only be 9" wide. Those properties should carry through to the printer.
I am using DB-Visualizer 9.2.10 and I want to change the border color of the editor but I don't see any border option to change. Below image shows the options colors and borders but in my pro version I don't see this option. Is there any other way to accomplish the same.
Thanks
You should be able to change the border by going to Tools -> Properties.
You can either select one of the predefined styles or specify a small image file to use for the border.
You should also be able to change it by going to Database -> Connections
If I open a new project, and put a label or button on the main window, I get the Segoe UI font at size 12px.
Where is this coming from? Can I choose what I would like the default font / size to be? I had a good look around but can't find anything.
Thanks
The available fonts are set according to System.Windows.Media.Fonts.SystemFontFamilies.
If multiple versions of the same font family reside in the same directory, the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) font enumeration returns the most recent version of the font. If the version information does not provide resolution, the font with latest timestamp is returned. If the timestamp information is equivalent, the font file that is first in alphabetical order is returned.
There is also Fonts.SystemTypefaces.
Presumably it is possible to change the selected family or create your own. In fact it is, this post (WPF - Add Custom Font) gives more information on this.
I hope this helps.
I observed that in IE7, the select box's drop down looks incomplete (see image 1).
But when you hover it, the drop down box show-up completely (see image 2).
How can i make it look like image 2 as default. Also, if i increase the size of select box (height: 25px) and the text size is only 9px, how can i ensure that the text is in the middle? I've tried adjusting the padding and margin of the select box with no avail.
Thank you.
That's what drop-down boxes look like when you have the Windows Aero theme enabled. It's totally normal and standard. In fact, it's what Windows users expect to see. I don't recommend changing it just because you think it looks weird. Your users won't think so. All the other webpages they look at, as well as all of the apps on their computer, work exactly the same way.
And no, you can't trivially change the appearance. You'll have to write custom styling for the entire drop-down box control. And that's pretty difficult to do in Internet Explorer compared to other browsers, if it's even possible to get it to work correctly at all.
As for your second question: why would you be increasing the height of the drop-down box? The default height is the one you want. It automatically sizes itself to fit the size of the text it displays. It doesn't need to be any bigger than that, and if you force it to be bigger, it'll look ugly like you said.
Read more this issue fixing click here,
and yet more examples demo page
I am currently searching for an icon that shows a green check mark, such as this:
Basically what I want to do is the following: My C# WPF application contains a ListView with some entries and each of the entry gets validated. Depending on the outcome of the validation, such a green check mark or a red cross should be displayed.
I found a very nice red cross in the class SystemIcons. It is called SystemIcons.Error. The SystemIcons class also provides other icons like "Exclamation", "hand", "Shield", "Question" and various other icons, however there is no such a check mark thing.
Does anyone know whether such a check mark icon exists in some default library? I googled but I could not find anything alike. In case there is no such Icon, I would have to take some image from the web (like I posted here), but that would be the last option since my application should look consistent and I'm pretty sure Microsoft uses lots of those green things in many places of Windows. So there must be some icon I could use, right?
Best wishes,
Christian
If you're using one of the full versions of Visual Studio, you could always check out the Visual Studio Image Library that comes with Visual Studio.
I'm double checking now to make sure it contains something like what you're looking for.
What size icon images do you need?
If 16x16 will do then I'd recommend the silk icon set at famfamfam.com. This set is nice and consistent, and contains a green check mark.