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Text size in "personal links bar" on desktop sometimes inconsistent
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In the personal links bar the text font sometimes goes too big blocking the edit/talk/history tabs off.

I can't see any pattern.

Images of normal and enlarged text:

8B6C84E1-4BC4-4B3F-93CB-3D6D79FB51AB.jpeg (1×750 px, 761 KB)

C6074409-5919-4983-BBC7-B2676A40A6BC.jpeg (1×750 px, 678 KB)

Browser info:
iPhone 8 (Model MQ6H2B/A)
OS: iOS 12.1.4 (16D57)
Logged in: Y
Browser: Google Chrome (72.0.3626.101.)

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RhinosF1 created this task.Feb 27 2019, 10:16 PM
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RhinosF1 added a comment.Feb 27 2019, 10:19 PM

Could be linked to T177697

RhinosF1 added a comment.Feb 27 2019, 10:34 PM

A refresh will normally fix it but I don't get what causes it. My scripts applied at the time were https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:RhinosF1/common.js&oldid=884904278

Aklapper renamed this task from Text size in desktop is inconsistent to Text size in "personal links bar" on desktop sometimes inconsistent.Feb 28 2019, 9:49 AM
Aklapper added a project: MediaWiki-User-Interface.
matmarex edited projects, added Browser-Support-Apple-Safari; removed Browser-Support-Google-Chrome.Mar 2 2019, 12:05 AM
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No idea why the font size would be inconsistent between page loads. The font size adjustment is a feature specific to mobile WebKit (Safari's engine, used by all browsers on iOS).

matmarex added a subscriber: Web-Team-Backlog.Mar 2 2019, 12:09 AM

It is possible to disable the font size adjustment using -webkit-text-size-adjust:

But I am not sure whether this would be beneficial, the adjustment is probably better for readability on mobile? On the other hand, if somebody switched from the mobile version to the desktop version while using a mobile device, they probably know what they are doing and really want to use an identical interface as on desktop; and as you have shown, the automatic adjustment can mess it up.

RhinosF1 added a comment.Mar 2 2019, 7:12 AM
In T217292#4994897, @matmarex wrote:

It is possible to disable the font size adjustment using -webkit-text-size-adjust:

But I am not sure whether this would be beneficial, the adjustment is probably better for readability on mobile? On the other hand, if somebody switched from the mobile version to the desktop version while using a mobile device, they probably know what they are doing and really want to use an identical interface as on desktop; and as you have shown, the automatic adjustment can mess it up.

The large text does make it nearly impossible to edit but what I don't get is to me it seems random and a refresh fixes it.

RhinosF1 added a comment.Mar 23 2019, 6:22 PM

@matmarex - Any updates?

matmarex added a comment.Mar 25 2019, 4:05 PM

I'm not currently working on this. Per my previous comment, I'm not sure what is the right solution.

RhinosF1 added a comment.Mar 25 2019, 4:29 PM

@matmarex - Thanks for the info

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ovasileva claimed this task.Apr 2 2020, 4:53 PM
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ovasileva triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 14 2020, 1:39 PM
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ovasileva edited projects, added Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022); removed Web-Team-Backlog.Oct 22 2020, 3:42 PM
ovasileva moved this task from Incoming to Nice to Have on the Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022) board.
Jdlrobson edited projects, added Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking); removed Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022).May 26 2021, 3:37 PM
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The new Vector being built as part of https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Desktop_improvements will work better at smaller resolutions. The existing Vector was never intended for this medium and that will unlikely change as part of the project.

Jdlrobson moved this task from Untriaged to Untag on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Nov 5 2021, 5:58 PM
LGoto removed a project: Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking).Nov 9 2021, 4:23 PM
Aklapper removed ovasileva as the assignee of this task.Sep 26 2022, 10:32 AM
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Removing task assignee due to inactivity as this open task has been assigned for more than two years. See the email sent to the task assignee on August 22nd, 2022.
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Jdlrobson added a comment.Sep 26 2022, 3:21 PM

Is this still happening? If not, I suggest we decline this task.

ovasileva closed this task as Declined.Sep 27 2022, 10:39 AM

Declining as we haven't heard recent reports of this

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