iOS Liquid Mode text size

Report · Jul 01, 2024

Most files I open into Liquid Mode on my iPad appear at my chosen text size and spacing. Which is huge, to cope with my lousy vision. But some, like https://sci-hub.ru/10.1111/ijd.15804 do not.

I clicked the ... menu and found Text Settings. The current setting value and the icons on either side were a jumbled mess - several values overlaid on each other. Tapping bigger or smaller rewrote them, but it was impossible to tell what the actual values were. And repeating bigger stopped with the text less than half the size I usually see.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Also notice the background of the toolbar along the left edge. In the screenshot it is black, but in my dark mode (iOS Smart Invert) view it becomes glaring white - miserable for my vision problems. I have to keep hiding the toolbar. Is there some way to hide it permanently? I only use this mode for reading...

Report · Jul 05, 2024

Hi @Loren Amelang,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

There would be a few settings I would like to suggest for you to change if that works for you.

First would be to use night mode with Acrobat Reader Mobile instead of Smart Invert. It will will allow you to view your PDFs in dark mode but also switching to light when in Liquid Mode.

Next, if you are unable to adjust the text size using Liquid mode for a specific file, you can try changing the font size for a particular app through your iPad's accessibility settings.

More info here: Change the font size on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Once you are done with enabling the settings, you should see an icon "Aa" on the command center from the right swipe down. upon long pressing the icon, you should see an option asking whether you want to change the font size for the particular app or for the entire device.

Select Acrobat from there and adjust the settings as per your comfort level.

Hope this helps.

-Souvik

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Report · Jul 05, 2024

Suvik,

> First would be to use night mode with Acrobat Reader Mobile instead of Smart Invert. It will will allow you to view your PDFs in dark mode but also switching to light when in Liquid Mode.

But my main interest is reading in Liquid Mode! Smart Invert seems the only way to make that dark. I hear Adobe is working on full dark mode for Liquid Mode - I hope that happens soon!

> Next, if you are unable to adjust the text size using Liquid mode for a specific file, you can try changing the font size for a particular app through your iPad's accessibility settings.

Most documents show my Adobe chosen text size automatically. I suspect there is something strange about the one I included, since it seems to break the size selection dialog.

OK, I tried playing with the iOS size dropdown. Seems after any change there, the Acrobat text settings are usable. Once.
See Screenshot after iOS size change.png

If I close the dialog and then go back there, at least in this document, that proper view flashes for a second, and then the text size and character spacing parts get overlaid on each other - I can watch them move on top of each other! And then they are useless, at least if character spacing is maxxed.
See Screenshot size spacing overlaid.png

Maybe this only happens if the text size is already extra large? I did see some conditions where the small 'A' was partly cut off past the edge of the dialog but not overlaid. Clearly there is room for both settings as in the first screenshot. And the overlay only happens the second time I use Adobe settings after using iOS settings...

Also, why is the compose field on this forum glaring white in my usual Vivaldi (Chromium) browser with Dark Reader? In Firefox with Dark Reader it is dark gray... Maybe you could just leave it pure black like the page background, so as not to confuse reader modes?

Sorry to nitpick. But that's how software gets improved...

Report · Jul 19, 2024

@Loren Amelang,

Thanks for the detailed info.

As you mention about this being a file specific issue, would you mind sharing the file with me here to test in-house and get this checked?

You can share the file with me on private message if it contains sensitive information.

[To send a private message, you can click on my profile name followed by the blue "Send Message" button]

For the community compose button, this is controlled by the web browser's reading modes.

However, let me check on this with the forum's dev team if this can be changed.

Thanks again for your candid feedback.

-Souvik

Report · Jul 19, 2024

@Souvik

The original problem file is linked above in my first post.

With more testing, I see the text size problem now happens on any file, even the default "Welcome" pdf on the startup page. Something must have changed in the app, because I can no longer properly control documents that used to work.

In a new document I can choose text size up to 180%, close the dialog, re-open it, and the size and spacing numbers are properly displayed. Once I choose 200% or larger, the initial choice still displays properly, but if I close and re-open the dialog, the choices are overlaid and useless. If I Reset All, I can start over and choose even 300%, and it works. But the dialog values will be overlaid, and a Reset All will be required in order to change them.

At least I know how to work around this now...

Loren

Report · Jul 24, 2024

Hi there

Thank you for sharing the details.However, I am unable to access the PDF file that you shared in your initial post. Would you mind sharing the PDF file in question so we can check it at our end? Also, could you provide a small video recording of the steps you are taking and the issue occurring? This will help us better understand and replicate the issue for further investigation.

~Amal

Regards
Amal

Report · Jul 29, 2024

The file does not matter, your default file shows the same problem. Video is attached, I hope...

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Hi @Loren Amelang

Thank you for sharing the video recording. To help us isolate the issue and work on a fix, could you please also provide the version details of your iPad and the Acrobat Reader Mobile app?

Regards,

Amal

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Name
iPad >
iPadOS Version
17.5.1 >
Model Name
iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)
Model Number
MHNH3LL/A

Capacity
256 GB
Available
139.74 GB

Acrobat

24.07.00 (20240710.141157)

Hope that helps!

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Hi there

Thanks for sharing the required details, I have forwarded them to the engineering team for review.

I will keep you posted of the updates.

Thanks for your time and cooperation.

~Amal