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FlawedLogic
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Aug 27 2018 : 06:41:36 AM
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Hello,
I have the Windows system font size set to 150% normal scale which seems to give me issues with the navigation bar size.
When I first start VS2017 the navigation bar font and size is correct. However when I close all editor tabs and then open one again the font reverts to the normal unscaled size, along with the control it is in, leaving an unsightly unpainted strip below it. Once in this state it stays that way until the next restart; closing the solution does not do it.
Happens every time for me. This is on Windows 7 and I'm using Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 (v15.8).
Not massively important I know, but it would be nice to have it fixed.
Thanks,
Steve.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Aug 27 2018 : 07:49:46 AM
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The settings give here should help a bit:
https://docs.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W814
but based on my experiments so far, the best fix involves also changing your OS to Windows 10. VS2017 on its own handles high DPI better on Windows 10 than it does on Windows 7, even without VA installed. Still, this should help a bit. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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FlawedLogic
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - Aug 27 2018 : 08:08:48 AM
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| OK, thanks. I wasn't planning on changing to Windows 10 until I replace this machine so I guess I'll have to live with it for a while (I can't read 9pt font on my screen!). |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18755 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2018 : 09:28:44 AM
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that you probably want to increase the font size from 9pt. That was the recommended font size for 200% DPI, which is what people running retina displays are using.
Outside of high DPI, I am not seeing a lot of obvious advantages to Windows 10 for general use either, but this is one case where the difference between the two OS versions is really quite clear. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Navigation bar font issue VS2017
