Make the chat type buttons in the Comms panel larger

[MsSmart]

HI:

 

    Perhaps is my old age, but I have difficulty seeing those tiny buttons used to select broadcast, local, team, etc, without making the entire comm's panel (chat) larger.

 

    It would be nice if the chat buttons were about triple in size, so old handicapped people like me can see and click on them easier?

 

Thank you

 

Sue

[biostem]

Do they scale-up if you increase the size of the UI?  I'm not at home to check ATM...

Edited March 29, 2022 by biostem

[Perma-Newbie]

8 hours ago, biostem said:

Do they scale-up if you increase the size of the UI?  I'm not at home to check ATM...

Not as far as I can tell.  They're suuuuuper tiny.

[biostem]

43 minutes ago, MadCow99 said:

Not as far as I can tell.  They're suuuuuper tiny.

 

I just tested, and while they *do* scale up, they seem to remain quite small, (see below for reference), so a better option would indeed be welcomed:

 

 

Edited March 30, 2022 by biostem

[biostem]

On another note, you could create some binds or macros to start typing into the specific chat channels that you want...

[srmalloy]

15 hours ago, MsSmart said:

It would be nice if the chat buttons were about triple in size, so old handicapped people like me can see and click on them easier?

If you right-click in the lower chat window, you get a menu with your available channels (all the names spelled out) plus a few additional commands that you can select a channel from.

[UltraAlt]

16 hours ago, MsSmart said:

  Perhaps is my old age, but I have difficulty seeing those tiny buttons used to select broadcast, local, team, etc, without making the entire comm's panel (chat) larger.

 

    It would be nice if the chat buttons were about triple in size, so old handicapped people like me can see and click on them easier?

 

I'm sure others have already suggest increasing the text size for that characters in the chat window.

you don't have to use the little bubbles. Just left click on the current channel name, and it will give you a list of chat channels to choose from.

[Shenanigunner]

They are WAY too small. Here's a workaround that might help, though:

1. Create a chat tab/window for each channel or group of channels you use. You can combine them (Local, Broadcast, Zone etc.)
2. Assign one channel in each window as Default, the one you are most likely to post to.
3. Set the chat button to the LAST one, A for Active.

You can now respond to any chat window by clicking in it. If your "chat" window has Local, Broadcast, etc. and Local is set default, messages will go out on Local.

 

You can create a Team window with all the mission channels and make Team default, for quick replies.

 

Etc.

 

This means you have to expand your chat window setup, and probably scale it a little, but it saves a huge amount of having to stop and select a chat window for replies.