Support different sizes of text and text/icon view options, in new App Menu #6682
Labels
accessibility
This issue concerns the use of Qubes OS by persons with disabilities.
C: app menu
The primary user-facing GUI application menu in Qubes OS
P: default
Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information.
ux
User experience
This is a child issue within the epic #6665
The problem you're addressing (if any)
Many respondents to the survey from #6573 expressed a desire for user-controlled text sizing, in the new App Menu. Many of the folks requesting this feature, further elaborated—the majority, citing accessibility needs. Others, just want the most compact/dense view they can get.
In the first survey we ran back in 2020, we also got many users responding that they use screen magnification software. I will update this Issue at a later date, to quantify all of the above with proper data.
Describe the solution you'd like
A tee-shirt sizing (Small, Medium, Large) approach, that also scales icon sizes—and including vs not including icons—line and letter spacing, along with the actual font sizes.
A different approach, would be the +/- ticker control approach present in many applications and websites as a standardized accessibility enhancement. Because of the complexity of the layouts and information in the app menu, I believe the tee-shirt sizing approach would be better—and much easier to implement, elegantly.
Whichever solution we go with, I also propose to be managed by #6668 and not contextually in the AppMenu itself. Unless the latter can itself, be elegantly resolved.
Where is the value to a user, and who might that user be?
Vision impaired users, users who prefer information-dense views, and users with odd display setups.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Not caring.
I'd rather care.
Additional context
Future enhancement to #5677
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