
Editing Font Sizes in IBM Maximo – Long Description and Log Defaults
- May 4, 2021
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- May 4, 2021
- One Response
How to change the Long Description and Log Default font sizes for all apps in IBM Maximo:
If you’re like me, you might not have the greatest eyesight in the world. Logs and long descriptions in IBM Maximo are a very useful way to let your co-workers know:
- What’s going on with a particular Work Order
- Asset, Purchase Order, Item or any of the various applications that would need more description, or a log information put onto it.
#dijitEditorBody { Font-size: 20px }The second location of an extended.css file that needs to be edited is in the following path, [maximo-folder]\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\skins\iot18\css. For the latest versions of IBM Maximo (7.6+), the iot18 folder is significant. The reason for this is, other articles mention to add the edited extended.css file to a folder called tivoli09. To save time, understand that the Tivoli directories were made for older versions of Maximo like 7.5 and prior. If you are using a newer version of Maximo look for the iot18 directory. You will edit this extended.css file in the same manner as the last one by adding the lines below to the end of the css file:
#dijitEditorBody { Font-size: 20px }Next, you will need to rebuild the ear file for IBM Maximo and re-deploy it to your Maximo user interface. The 20px setting will default the text to medium in the logs and Long Descriptions. Originally there were some hesitations on using CSS to fix this problem. It was thought that the change could affect the reports and the way they looked when generated. We have not seen that happen after making these changes. We want to hear your thoughts about our helpful guide. Please comment below or send your inquiries to: info@a3jgroup.com Stay tuned for more helpful articles that will #MaximizeYourMaximo experience and the capabilities of your user interface!
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Thanks for the information. I tried this, however, it still is set at xx-small. I modified both extended.css files, rebuilt/redeployed the ear files, and cleared cache but still nothing. Anything I might be missing? We are on 7.6.1.2.