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    Michael Whitis
    last edited by Michael Whitis Jan 25, 2016, 4:56 PM Jan 25, 2016, 4:54 PM

    I just did a clean install of Windows 10. I’m having an issue where the tab font and the Help screen font for Notepad++ are too big. All other fonts in the app are fine (menu bar, editor, etc.)

    I’m not sure if this has to do with the fact that I’m running on a high DPI display and it’s not scaling or if there is another issue. I’ve tried changing the override font in preferences, but that didn’t seem to help. No other apps exhibit this behavior.

    Any ideas?

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      Claudia Frank @Michael Whitis
      last edited by Jan 26, 2016, 8:48 PM

      Hello @Michael-Whitis,
      did you set some custom dpi values or increase the proportion value from 100 to 125 or 150%?

      Cheers
      Claudia

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        Michael Whitis
        last edited by Jan 28, 2016, 8:24 PM

        Claudia,

        Thanks for getting back to me. All of my screens are set to pre-defined values.

        My 3200x1800 laptop screen is set to 150%, and my external displays (when hooked up) are all set to 100%.

        It doesn’t seem to matter whether I’m using notepad++ directly on the laptop or on an external display. My thought was that maybe NPP is grabbing the 150% from the internal screen and not adjusting after the fact, or if there is another display instead. I frequently use my laptop closed and hooked to one or more external monitors.

        What’s strange is that it seems like only certain text is affected (the “Help” box and the menubar). All other text, including the editor text is fine.

        I am going to pull the npp source and see if I can find anything, but was hoping that someone might have seen this before.

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          Claudia Frank @Michael Whitis
          last edited by Jan 28, 2016, 10:28 PM

          Hello Michael,

          I’m pretty sure that there is/was an issue when using npp with different screen resolution but
          wasn’t unable to find it on the quick and there is an open issue
          for the general ui behaviour with high dpi displays.

          Cheers
          Claudia

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            Oliver Kopp
            last edited by Oliver Kopp Jul 31, 2016, 12:59 PM Jul 31, 2016, 12:56 PM

            I installed a fresh PC, with one screen having 200% scaling, the other one 100% scaling. I reset the scaling to 100%, but nodepad++ still uses a huge font for the tab headings.

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            The screenshot is taken at the screen never having other scaling values than 100%.

            Update: This is a similar screenshot as posted at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/629#issuecomment-230694203

            screenshot

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              Oliver Kopp
              last edited by Jul 31, 2016, 8:30 PM

              The issue is also discussed at http://superuser.com/q/934701/138868. The current work around is to use Settings -> Preferences -> General -> “Tab Bar” -> Uncheck “Reduce”

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