Bold=400 Why don't the settings show the same?

[Entris]

This goes for both the Font Weight and Font Size when it comes to the options.

To make it clearer which area im talking about:
In the Advanced Styles and CSS - Visual Editor and if these settings are in any other area of the board that i can't think of now.

When you click the dropdown menu you can see either Normal Bold Bolder Lighter or XX-Small to XX-Large but when you save and then look at the choise you did it shows a number instead.

To me thats confusing because when i chose Bold I would like to see Bold in the box instead of 400 (not even sure if that is bold or not..).
When im doing some changes to the font weight/size i usually want to see the diffrences and change it back and forth but when i get there and it says "400" I have no clue as of which choise I have it set for from the start.

Is it possible to make it so that when you chose "Bold" or "Large" when you set the weight or size that it could say "Bold" and "Large" in the box itself instead of the numbers?
It would sure make it easier for me when changing them and keeping track of what I have set for them as soon as i get into that option settings.

If you can have a Letter Text in the boxes could you at least add the Numbers to the dropdown list stating which number belongs to which setting (Bold - 400) so you at least can connect the numbers easier with the setting.

Might just be me that gets confused about this though lol

[Stinky666]

Mar 5, 2013 9:06:28 GMT -8 Entris said:

This goes for both the Font Weight and Font Size when it comes to the options.

To make it clearer which area im talking about:
In the Advanced Styles and CSS - Visual Editor and if these settings are in any other area of the board that i can't think of now.

When you click the dropdown menu you can see either Normal Bold Bolder Lighter or XX-Small to XX-Large but when you save and then look at the choise you did it shows a number instead.

To me thats confusing because when i chose Bold I would like to see Bold in the box instead of 400 (not even sure if that is bold or not..).
When im doing some changes to the font weight/size i usually want to see the diffrences and change it back and forth but when i get there and it says "400" I have no clue as of which choise I have it set for from the start.

Is it possible to make it so that when you chose "Bold" or "Large" when you set the weight or size that it could say "Bold" and "Large" in the box itself instead of the numbers?
It would sure make it easier for me when changing them and keeping track of what I have set for them as soon as i get into that option settings.

If you can have a Letter Text in the boxes could you at least add the Numbers to the dropdown list stating which number belongs to which setting (Bold - 400) so you at least can connect the numbers easier with the setting.

Might just be me that gets confused about this though lol

I'm with you. I agree on this and have also noticed it. I get annoyed by it too and confused.
I've seen the staff link to places before that tell you what they are, but I don't want to be learning new crap like that. Why even call it Bold, Normal etc if it's just going to make it a number.

[Entris]

Glad im not alone in this Stinky666 lol I wouldn't mind if there was an explenation table next to the settings that explained the numbers and what setting it was for but that would probably be more work done then just alter the numbers to letters and show the same setting you chose in both areas then have 2 seperate versions of the same thing.

Hopefully there will be some changes making it more user friendly for those that are easily cunfused (like me ) in a future update.

[Ryan Roos]

Mar 5, 2013 9:06:28 GMT -8 Entris said:

Is it possible to make it so that when you chose "Bold" or "Large" when you set the weight or size that it could say "Bold" and "Large" in the box itself instead of the numbers?

No.




The editor parses out the CSS in a very complex way and displays it in a format that is meant to be easier to use than a wall of code. By that same token it then has to save changes made to the editor back into the CSS file. To do this it uses numbers (or certain CSS values) so it can be specific. Once they become numbers they are numbers. The only reason you even have the other options is because we wanted to give a common text explanation for what was being set. Someone who knows nothing about coding is not going to understand 3pt font. They will understand the word small. After they set it, it no longer matters what it is. Look at the preview. Is that what you want? No? Then set it to what you want. The alternate names are only there to help. They aren't real CSS values (except for just 'bold' itself) and can't be saved backwards and forwards. No one is sitting there reading all the values and deciding if they are correct. Everyone is looking at the preview to decide that. The code requires code.

[Entris]

Tyvm for your answer Ryan Roos

The reason i suggested this is because the preview doesn't show the changes i make to the font weight and having the text in the boxes or having the numbers in the dropdown would make it easier and less confusing for me when altering and checking things with the text.

This is probably due to a bug in the theme and will hopefully be fixed when i get the time to write down all the settings and alterations i have done in it and remake it so this might not be an issue in the future for me but writing down "400" doesn't make me any wiser atm so hope im right when i guessed that it is the Bold setting, the future will tell lol

Edit: Oh and I had no idea there was so much behind those settings code wise, much appreciated information and very interesting.