Old 01-26-2021, 08:09 AM   #1
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How do I make these numbers bigger?
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Old 01-26-2021, 08:47 AM   #2
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Yeah, I'd like that ability too!

This is about the only thing you can't adjust in Reaper to my knowledge.

Someone made a Windows workaround for too small text but this is a root Reaper thing and that didn't address this element. This text field is too small in OSX as well!

I try to avoid getting distracted by the thought of tweaking visual stuff for an audio app. Doing that means there's something better to do! I'd make an exception for this one though.

After moving past 45 years old I find myself control-scroll zooming the screen pretty regularly and this is one of the culprits.
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Old 01-26-2021, 08:53 AM   #3
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Maybe this can help? https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=241546
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Old 01-26-2021, 09:00 AM   #4
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That's the Windows workaround I remember seeing posted. This one is root Reaper though and this text field is small in OSX too.
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Old 03-02-2021, 04:26 AM   #5
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Still looking for some help here. Thanks
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Old 03-02-2021, 07:18 AM   #6
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Yes, you absolutely can change this; its the theme WALTER setting trans.sel.font. See the stickies in the themes forum.
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Old 03-02-2021, 07:28 AM   #7
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Seems to be a Theme 6 issue; Default Theme 5 has a larger font here. Personally I use 'Advanced UI Tweaks' to zoom by 1.2 - and I don't use theme 6. Haven't been able to get Reaper Readers to work.
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Old 03-02-2021, 08:41 AM   #8
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Yes, you absolutely can change this; its the theme WALTER setting trans.sel.font. See the stickies in the themes forum.
Hi. Where do I find that (the Walter setting) in the ThemeZip please?

Edit: got it, in rtconfig.txt
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Old 03-03-2021, 05:48 AM   #9
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@bolgwrad How did you get into the theme zip?
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Old 03-03-2021, 05:54 AM   #10
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@bolgwrad How did you get into the theme zip?
Rename file to themename.zip and unpack.
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See the stickies in the theme forum.
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Old 11-08-2021, 12:31 PM   #12
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After downloading and tinkering a bit with the WALTER stuff (rconfig.txt) I'm not comfortable doing this.
If anyone would be so kind as to help me out here, I'd really appreciate it.
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Old 11-10-2021, 06:29 AM   #13
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After downloading and tinkering a bit with the WALTER stuff (rconfig.txt) I'm not comfortable doing this.
If anyone would be so kind as to help me out here, I'd really appreciate it.
I'm trying to figure this out myself (and I've even done some themeing). It's very frustrating.

@white tie - you mention the stickies, could you be a bit more explicit for us dummies? All I could find was the below. I think us users (not themers) could do with something like "this line of code controls this font and that font - here's how you change the size, colour and font"

I'm really struggling with font size, colour and contrast. I'm sorry to compare it to Logic, but I can read everything in Logic - I don't want Reaper to look like logic, but the clarity would be nice and I feel the theme is nearly there.



Tweak : Changing colors and fonts

The most basic features of a Reaper theme reside in its .ReaperTheme file. This is just a text file; you can open it and edit it with a text editor. Open it now and have a look, see that its nothing scary or clever, though it isn't very user friendly. To help with that, Reaper provides two built-in tools to help you find which of those inscrutable entries you want to edit, and to make editing them easy.

That file determines colors and fonts used in many parts of Reaper. Note, however:
  • Some parts cannot be themed.
  • Some parts share font or color definitions with other parts, and occasionally in uneditable combinations that may limit you.
  • More advanced theming functions may have overridden fonts and colours set here, or covered them with image files, in the Track panels, Mixer panels and the Transport bar.



What parts cannot be themed?
I know enough to know that a walter font (in the default theme at least) can control several theme elements at once, but what are they? Can we separate them?
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I mean anyone can chime in with the answer here, it doesn't have to be whit tie.

I see another thread on regrouping fonts, so I think there's a genuine need for this simple info
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I'm trying to figure this out myself (and I've even done some themeing). It's very frustrating.
Glad to see I'm not the only one.
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I think us users (not themers) could do with something like "this line of code controls this font
Said it right here chap, post #6:

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its the theme WALTER setting trans.sel.font.
...and how to get to that? Follow the directions for unpacking a theme which are in the stickies.
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Old 11-12-2021, 04:02 PM   #17
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Was trying to get this done and deleted my RW 6 theme. How do I get it back? download?
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Old 11-13-2021, 06:30 AM   #18
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Was trying to get this done and deleted my RW 6 theme. How do I get it back? download?
The only safe way I know is to find your Reaper folder (on a mac it's application support/REAPER) and rename it. Open Reaper, it'll create a new one. Find the default 6 theme in the new Reaper folder (REAPER/Color Themes) and copy it to the old location (your renamed REAPER folder). Now, you can delete the new REAPER folder and rename the old one back to REAAPER.

Maybe there's a simpler way though
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