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107 VOTE
Status Delivered
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Host Tooling Integration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 20, 2014

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Add font and font size preference specific to IBM RDz Data Editor

IBM RDz Data Editor should have its own font settings in its own preference.

Currently, the font for the Data Editor can only be mofified with other features under Windows/Preferences/General/Appearance/Colors and Font/Basic/Text Font. If it is changed, all editors are changed.
The default is Consolas.
For the Data Editor, a monospaced font should be used with a proportional font size. This option should be limited to monospace fonts because it can cause display issues in the data editor where in other editors it does not.

The default font may be proportional in a workspace.

Data Editor if opened with a font that is not monospaced or sized accordingly will show only the first 3 characters in a record. In addition, if a monospaced font is not used, the ruler and cursor alignment may not coincide.

This is handled in a different RFE but is compounded by this RFE with the inability to change the font and font size to prevent this from occurring.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 9, 2016

    Delivered in IBM Developer for z Systems 14.0 (formerly named IBM Rational Developer for z Systems).

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 4, 2015

    This problem can be circumvented. The procedure is to change the following preference:
    In RDz, click on Menu item >>Windows >>Preferences

    In the Dialog Navigation Area which is opened, expand:
    >>General >>Appearance >>Colors and Fonts

    In the Colors and Fonts area, expand:
    Basic and click on "Text Font" to select it
    Then press the Edit button

    In the Font dialog note that the default font that is used (a.o.) for the Systems z data editor. The default, Consolas 10, while monospaced still shows this problem.

    For Win 7, change the font to either "Courier New" or "Terminal".

    For Win 8 the only font that works is "Terminal".

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 30, 2014

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

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