Can font size be changed to be smaller in newer version of notepad++?

ImSpecial · Dec 3, 2023, 10:13 PM

I’ve been noticing this since a few versions now, icons, text and and some tabs are now a little bit bigger on newer versions of NP+ then how they were before, in some areas, they don’t even look good, as they’ve become less centered and now overlap or touch parts they didn’t before.

And example of the OLD:
https://i.imgur.com/ZFLHagi.png

and the NEW:
https://i.imgur.com/2IXL5Z2.png

If this is a bug, could someone who knows more about what’s going on look into this?

PeterJones · Dec 3, 2023, 10:21 PM

@ImSpecial ,

Yes, we know this bothers you. You told us this a couple months ago. Do you have anything new to add?

rdipardo · Dec 4, 2023, 11:07 AM

@ImSpecial said in Can font size be changed to be smaller in newer version of notepad++?:

If this is a bug, could someone who knows more about what’s going on look into this?

What you are noticing is the effect of these changes and these changes , introduced in version 8.5.4 (see "14. Several GUI Enhancements ").

As N++'s maintainer remarked at the time:

The reduced tab font size is a little bit larger than before.
Let’s see the reaction of users in the next release.

Obviously, he accepted the larger sizes into the source tree anyway.

If you disagree with these design choices, you can post your criticism to the GitHub issue tracker . Be sure to mention these items for context: