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UI Size and 1440 Monitors

TekwhatTekwhat
in General ACT Discussion
I recently upgraded from 1080p to 1440p monitors, the UI for ACT is infinitesimally small. I played around with the font sizes, and everything is really comfy to read at around 14-16. However, the tabs at the top, and most buttons in the settings do not handle this change. The tabs and buttons do not resize to fit the font, and the font overflows. I cannot navigate using the tabs with 14-16 font size as they overlap and I cannot see which one I'm clicking. 

I do not have DPI set on my pc, using windows 11. Is there a setting to keep the tabs in their normal position? Also the three buttons on the top right, import XML, Show Timers, and Show Mini stay infinitesimally small and do not change based on the text sizes under "Color and Font Settings -> Main User Interface"

Is there anything I can do on my end?

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  • EQAdituEQAditu
    Back before ACT had DPI scaling support, the UI elements would try to resize based on font-size, but it was very hit or miss and a lot of text was cut off and sometimes UI elements were cut off as well.  Now that it does support DPI scaling, it effectively fits everything properly when changing sizes.  Though I have only created icon sizes up to 250%.

    ACT is designed to look correct using 100% DPI scaling in Windows when that scaling is appropriate for the OS.  When that scaling is not appropriate for the OS and is increased, ACT will increase with it.  Windows does not allow individual applications to have a higher DPI scaling than Windows, so since you have left things at 100%, that is where ACT is stuck at.

    DPI compatibility overrides are not useful for ACT because ACT is already DPI aware.  They only work to increase a 100% scaled application to the current Windows DPI scaling.

    Things like OverlayPlugin overlays are pseudo-webpages and have individual "zoom" settings like all web browsers do. 
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