Feature request: larger coordinates

I teach classes on lichess and one complaint that I hear fairly frequently is that the coordinates on the board are too small to read. I'm using a fairly large display, but some students are viewing a fullscreen screen share on a tablet or a relatively small display (via Zoom).

I don't have a tablet so I can't verify what desktop lichess screenshared on Zoom looks like, but I doubt it makes any difference.

I've checked Preferences and the user menu and didn't find anything helpful -- marking the coordinates off the board was the best I found, but still too small.

I'd love an option to increase the font size of the coordinates so that they're more visible for students following along. It might also be helpful for newer players to have more visible coordinate markings, which could increase user friendliness of the site for new users as well ;)

Teach your students to get accustomed to the coordinates so they no longer need to see them.

#2: Yeah that would be more beneficial
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I use a a chomre extension (stylus) and add a custom css. I don't like the red check highlight, so I turn that off too.

square.check {
background: none;
}

coords {
font-size: 140%;
}

@Sybotes said in #2:
> Teach your students to get accustomed to the coordinates so they no longer need to see them.
Of course, but for brand new students it's overwhelming. Any good teacher knows that students will learn that in time.

@Rairden said in #4:
> I use a a chomre extension (stylus) and add a custom css. I don't like the red check highlight, so I turn that off too.
>
> square.check {
> background: none;
> }
>
> coords {
> font-size: 140%;
> }

Yep, it's possible to press F12 and enter developer tools to handily change font size too, but let's say the person teaching wants to swap to a new board (refreshes tab), or analysis board, or any other part of the site and they don't have a workable knowledge of CSS?

@dRr0x0rZZ you install the extension, and it's a permanent change to the entire website. No matter if you refresh the page.

Here's what it looks like:
The downside is that the extension must be running to use it. Stylus doesn't slow down your browser, in my opinion (you don't even notice it and I use about 15 custom css styles for many websites).

@Rairden said in #6:

Thank you! This is a reliable workaround for the time being (though I can't apply a bright font color to the coordinates using that same coords category.

I'd still like to see something more permanent implemented on lichess to increase the size of the coordinates on the board -- it shouldn't be necessary to install a Chrome extension given the number of students on lichess.

Well, maybe the coordinates size should scale with the board size.

@Toadofsky said in #8:
> Well, maybe the coordinates size should scale with the board size.
Not a bad suggestion either, although the size of the coordinates may still be too small to see even with a scaled board. I'd still see this as an improvement though -- can always press F11 and increase board size.

>though I can't apply a bright font color to the coordinates using that same coords category.

#main-wrap coord { color: #ffffff !important; }