RFE: in lists automatically adjust indent & tab according to font size

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RFE: in lists automatically adjust indent & tab according to font size

Post by DIV »

Hi, all.

I find it's good that Editor supports formatting as a bulleted list or numbered list. However, the downside is that the indent and tab are currently of a fixed size in both base text and comments.

See attachment for example.
PDF_fixedIndentForLists_RevA.pdf

In moderate-sized text (say, about 12 points) this looks OK.
But in tiny text (e.g. 5 points) this will create a problem where the indent and tab will appear oversized.
And in huge text (not shown) this will create a problem where the indent and tab will appear undersized.

I suggest that the indent & the tab should be automatically adjusted according to the font size.

Of course, a complication arises if the text is not of uniform font-size. Microsoft has handled this in Word (or PowerPoint?) by associating the bullet with the paragraph mark. For Editor I would suggest associating the indent and tab size with whatever character immediately follows the bullet. AFAIK, this is already how Editor determines the size of the bullet itself, so I imagine it might be able to be linked in with that existing functionality.

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Re: RFE: in lists automatically adjust indent & tab according to font size

Post by DIV »

Follow-up, a couple of points to note:
  • I am aware of the possibility to manually emulate a numbered or bulleted list, per https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=119128&hilit=bullet#p119128 — but it's inconvenient, and also not æsthetically pleasing, because there's no hanging indent;
  • it seems that bulleted lists and numbered lists are relatively new features in Editor (by popular demand! https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=156454&hilit=bullet#p156454 ), dating from circa 2020 or 2021, so it may be understandable if some subtleties may not have been included as yet.
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Re: RFE: in lists automatically adjust indent & tab according to font size

Post by Daniel - PDF-XChange »

Hello, DIV

Thank you for the excellent suggestion for improvement. I have created a feature request for this topic:

RT#6230: FR: Control bullet indent size with text font

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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