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Do you change the grid font in SSMS?

Last post 04-24-2009, 17:45 by Adam Machanic. 0 replies.
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  •  04-24-2009, 17:45 13518

    Do you change the grid font in SSMS?

    Do you change the grid font in SSMS?

    Background, in case you're curious: I modified a newer version of Who is Active?, based on some feedback I received from Aaron Bertrand asking for right-padding of the numbers in the result.  I did this modification based on my assumption that most people won't change the default grid font, and even if they do change it they'll still use a non-fixed width font.  I tested my modification on my end and sent it over to Aaron to see what he thought, and low and behold he has changed his own SSMS settings to use a fixed width font.  Oops!  I would be very interested in finding out how many of you do the same.  If the vast majority of people do indeed leave the font unchanged, or at least in the same font family, perhaps I'll leave the right-padding as-is (I happen to like it, personally -- sorry, Aaron!).  If I'm mistaken in my assumption, I'll rip it out.

    Thanks for letting me know, either way.

    Again, the question is: Do you change your SSMS grid font from the default?  If so, what kind of font do you use?

    • No (72.7%)
    • Yes -- And I use a fixed width font (18.2%)
    • Yes -- And I use the a non-fixed width font (9.1%)
    • Total Votes: 11
    • Voting Ended: 5/9/2009

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