Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Changing the font of some UI widgets does not take effect until BN is restarted

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Component: UI Effort: Low Impact: Low UI: Fonts
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Description

The font size is hot hot-changed like other widgets. One needs to restart BN to make the font change take effect. The affected widgets are:

  1. Settings
  2. Plugin manager
  3. New tab

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Research direction

Reproduce the font-size change for Settings, Plugin manager, and New tab, then trace the UI font update handling for those widgets. Done means each affected widget reflects the changed font immediately, without restarting Binary Ninja.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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