feat: Add adjustable text size setting to interface (#19186)

* Add adjustable text size setting to interface

Introduces a user-configurable text size (scale) setting, accessible via a slider in the interface settings. Updates CSS and Sidebar chat item components to respect the new --app-text-scale variable, and persists the setting in the store. Adds related i18n strings and ensures the text scale is applied globally and clamped to allowed values.

* Refactor text scale logic into utility module

Moved all text scale related constants and functions from components and stores into a new utility module (src/lib/utils/text-scale.ts). Updated imports and usage in Interface.svelte and index.ts to use the new module, improving code organization and reusability.

* Adjust sidebar chat scaling without extra classes

keep sidebar markup using existing Tailwind utility classes so chat items render identically pre-feature
move all text-scale sizing into app.css under the #sidebar-chat-item selectors
change the root font-size multiplier to use 1rem instead of an explicit 16px so browser/user preferences propagate

* Update Switch.svelte

Adjust toggles from fixed pixel to rem to scale with the text size

* Update Interface.svelte

Updated label from 'Text Scale' to 'UI Scale'.
Added padding around slider

* Update app.css

Added comments

src/app.css

@@ -30,8 +30,33 @@
 	font-display: swap;
 }
 
+/* --app-text-scale is updated via the UI Scale slider (Interface.svelte) */
+:root {
+	--app-text-scale: 1;
+}
+
 html {
 	word-break: break-word;
+	/* font-size scales the entire document via the same UI control */
+	font-size: calc(1rem * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+}
+
+#sidebar-chat-item {
+	/* sidebar item sizing scales for the chat list entries */
+	min-height: calc(32px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+	padding-inline: calc(11px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+	padding-block: calc(6px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+}
+
+#sidebar-chat-item div[dir='auto'] {
+	/* chat title line height follows the text scale */
+	height: calc(20px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+	line-height: calc(20px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
+}
+
+#sidebar-chat-item input {
+	/* editing state input height is kept in sync */
+	min-height: calc(20px * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
 }
 
 code {

src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Interface.svelte

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { config, models, settings, user } from '$lib/stores';
-	import { createEventDispatcher, onMount, getContext } from 'svelte';
+	import { createEventDispatcher, onMount, onDestroy, getContext } from 'svelte';
 	import { toast } from 'svelte-sonner';
 	import Tooltip from '$lib/components/common/Tooltip.svelte';
 	import { updateUserInfo } from '$lib/apis/users';
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 	import Switch from '$lib/components/common/Switch.svelte';
 	import ManageFloatingActionButtonsModal from './Interface/ManageFloatingActionButtonsModal.svelte';
 	import ManageImageCompressionModal from './Interface/ManageImageCompressionModal.svelte';
+	import {
+		DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX,
+		TEXT_SCALE_MAX,
+		TEXT_SCALE_MIN,
+		TEXT_SCALE_VALUES,
+		findClosestTextScaleIndex,
+		getScaleFromIndex
+	} from '$lib/utils/text-scale';
 	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
 
 	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
@@ -97,6 +105,46 @@
 	let showManageFloatingActionButtonsModal = false;
 	let showManageImageCompressionModal = false;
 
+	let textScaleIndex = DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX;
+	let unsubscribeTextScale: (() => void) | undefined;
+
+	const persistTextScale = () => {
+		const scale = getScaleFromIndex(textScaleIndex);
+
+		if ($settings?.textScale === scale) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		saveSettings({ textScale: scale });
+	};
+
+	const decreaseTextScale = () => {
+		const previous = textScaleIndex;
+		textScaleIndex = Math.max(0, textScaleIndex - 1);
+
+		if (textScaleIndex === previous) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		persistTextScale();
+	};
+
+	const increaseTextScale = () => {
+		const previous = textScaleIndex;
+		textScaleIndex = Math.min(TEXT_SCALE_VALUES.length - 1, textScaleIndex + 1);
+
+		if (textScaleIndex === previous) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		persistTextScale();
+	};
+
+	$: currentTextScale = getScaleFromIndex(textScaleIndex);
+	$: textScaleDisplay = Number.isInteger(currentTextScale)
+		? `${currentTextScale.toFixed(0)}`
+		: `${currentTextScale.toFixed(1)}`;
+
 	const toggleLandingPageMode = async () => {
 		landingPageMode = landingPageMode === '' ? 'chat' : '';
 		saveSettings({ landingPageMode: landingPageMode });
@@ -252,6 +300,20 @@
 
 		backgroundImageUrl = $settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? null;
 		webSearch = $settings?.webSearch ?? null;
+
+		textScaleIndex = findClosestTextScaleIndex($settings?.textScale ?? 1);
+
+		unsubscribeTextScale = settings.subscribe((uiSettings) => {
+			const nextScaleIndex = findClosestTextScaleIndex(uiSettings?.textScale ?? 1);
+
+			if (nextScaleIndex !== textScaleIndex) {
+				textScaleIndex = nextScaleIndex;
+			}
+		});
+	});
+
+	onDestroy(() => {
+		unsubscribeTextScale?.();
 	});
 </script>
 
@@ -331,6 +393,64 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
+			<div>
+				<div class="py-0.5">
+					<div class="flex w-full justify-between">
+						<label
+							id="ui-scale-label"
+							class=" self-center text-xs"
+							for="ui-scale-slider"
+						>
+							{$i18n.t('UI Scale')}
+						</label>
+
+						<div class="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs" aria-live="polite">
+							<span>{textScaleDisplay}x</span>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+					<div class="mt-2 flex items-center gap-2 pl-1 pr-1">
+						<button
+							type="button"
+							class="rounded-sm p-1 transition outline outline-1 outline-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:outline-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-gray-800"
+							on:click={decreaseTextScale}
+							aria-labelledby="ui-scale-label"
+							aria-label={$i18n.t('Decrease UI Scale')}
+						>
+							<Minus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+						</button>
+
+						<div class="flex-1">
+							<input
+								id="ui-scale-slider"
+								class="w-full accent-black dark:accent-white"
+								type="range"
+								min={0}
+								max={TEXT_SCALE_VALUES.length - 1}
+								step={1}
+								bind:value={textScaleIndex}
+								on:change={persistTextScale}
+								aria-labelledby="ui-scale-label"
+								aria-valuemin={TEXT_SCALE_MIN}
+								aria-valuemax={TEXT_SCALE_MAX}
+								aria-valuenow={currentTextScale}
+								aria-valuetext={`${textScaleDisplay}x`}
+							/>
+						</div>
+
+						<button
+							type="button"
+							class="rounded-sm p-1 transition outline outline-1 outline-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:outline-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-gray-800"
+							on:click={increaseTextScale}
+							aria-labelledby="ui-scale-label"
+							aria-label={$i18n.t('Increase UI Scale')}
+						>
+							<Plus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+						</button>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+
 			<div>
 				<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
 					<div id="use-chat-title-as-tab-title-label" class=" self-center text-xs">

src/lib/components/common/Switch.svelte

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		bind:checked={state}
 		{id}
 		aria-labelledby={ariaLabelledbyId}
-		class="flex h-[18px] min-h-[18px] w-8 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center rounded-full px-1 mx-[1px] transition  {($settings?.highContrastMode ??
+		class="flex h-[1.125rem] min-h-[1.125rem] w-8 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center rounded-full px-1 mx-[1px] transition  {($settings?.highContrastMode ??
 		false)
 			? 'focus:outline focus:outline-2 focus:outline-gray-800 focus:dark:outline-gray-200'
 			: 'outline outline-1 outline-gray-100 dark:outline-gray-800'} {state

src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatItem.svelte

@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@
 	{:else}
 		<a
 			id="sidebar-chat-item"
-			class=" w-full flex justify-between rounded-xl px-[11px] py-[6px] {id === $chatId ||
-			confirmEdit
+			class=" w-full flex justify-between rounded-xl px-[11px] py-[6px] {id === $chatId || confirmEdit
 				? 'bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900 selected'
 				: selected
 					? 'bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-950 selected'

src/lib/i18n/locales/en-US/translation.json

@@ -832,6 +832,9 @@
 	"Hide Model": "",
 	"High": "",
 	"High Contrast Mode": "",
+	"Decrease Text Size": "",
+	"Increase Text Size": "",
+	"Text Size": "",
 	"Home": "",
 	"Host": "",
 	"How can I help you today?": "",

src/lib/stores/index.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { Banner } from '$lib/types';
 import type { Socket } from 'socket.io-client';
 
 import emojiShortCodes from '$lib/emoji-shortcodes.json';
+import { resolveTextScale, setDocumentTextScale } from '$lib/utils/text-scale';
 
 // Backend
 export const WEBUI_NAME = writable(APP_NAME);
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ export const banners: Writable<Banner[]> = writable([]);
 
 export const settings: Writable<Settings> = writable({});
 
+if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+	settings.subscribe(($settings) => {
+		const clampedScale = resolveTextScale($settings?.textScale ?? 1);
+		setDocumentTextScale(clampedScale);
+	});
+}
+
 export const audioQueue = writable(null);
 
 export const showSidebar = writable(false);
@@ -161,6 +169,7 @@ type Settings = {
 	notifications?: any;
 	imageCompression?: boolean;
 	imageCompressionSize?: any;
+	textScale?: number;
 	widescreenMode?: null;
 	largeTextAsFile?: boolean;
 	promptAutocomplete?: boolean;

src/lib/utils/text-scale.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+const TEXT_SCALE_VALUES = [1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5] as const;
+
+export type TextScale = (typeof TEXT_SCALE_VALUES)[number];
+
+export const TEXT_SCALE_MIN = TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[0];
+export const TEXT_SCALE_MAX = TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[TEXT_SCALE_VALUES.length - 1];
+
+export const DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE: TextScale = 1;
+export const DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX = TEXT_SCALE_VALUES.findIndex(
+	(scale) => scale === DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE
+);
+
+export const getScaleFromIndex = (index: number): TextScale => {
+	if (!Number.isFinite(index)) {
+		return TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX];
+	}
+
+	return TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[index] ?? TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX];
+};
+
+export const findClosestTextScaleIndex = (value: unknown): number => {
+	const numeric = Number(value);
+
+	if (!Number.isFinite(numeric)) {
+		return DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX;
+	}
+
+	let closestIndex = DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE_INDEX;
+	let smallestDistance = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+
+	TEXT_SCALE_VALUES.forEach((scale, idx) => {
+		const distance = Math.abs(scale - numeric);
+
+		if (distance < smallestDistance) {
+			closestIndex = idx;
+			smallestDistance = distance;
+		}
+	});
+
+	return closestIndex;
+};
+
+export const resolveTextScale = (value: unknown): TextScale => {
+	return TEXT_SCALE_VALUES[findClosestTextScaleIndex(value)] ?? DEFAULT_TEXT_SCALE;
+};
+
+export const setDocumentTextScale = (scale: TextScale) => {
+	if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--app-text-scale', scale.toString());
+};
+
+export { TEXT_SCALE_VALUES };