Solved I'm wasting 4" of my monitor

Berton · Dec 23, 2023

I forgot to say my monitor is 24" Dell, given me by a client from her husband's estate. I seldom use it Maximized and hardly ever Full Screen.

HowdyDo · Dec 23, 2023

Edwin said:
Another example:
My Laptop - 15.6" screen, 1920x1080 native (Recommended) resolution, 125% (Recommended) DPI, Chrome browser, no page zoom.

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@HowdyDo
Check that your resolution is set to native (Recommended)...

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It's set to 1920x1080
Can you measure the top portion, above where it says Forums on the left.
Hard to tell, but yours looks less than 4"?

trumpy81 · Dec 23, 2023

Rather than set the scale to 125% leave it at 100%, then try going to Settings > Accessibility > Text Size and adjust the text size there.

That should make reading the text easier. The text size will effect all programs.

HowdyDo · Dec 23, 2023

trumpy81 said:
Rather than set the scale to 125% leave it at 100%, then try going to Settings > Accessibility > Text Size and adjust the text size there.

That should make reading the text easier. The text size will effect all programs.

I need 125% and my text size is set to max. Thanks

Edwin · Dec 23, 2023

HowdyDo said:
... my text size is set to max.

Ah! Now we're gettin somewhere!

Yup! That'll do it! Chews up a lot of real estate!

Full screen:

trumpy81 · Dec 23, 2023

Yeah, that explains the original screenshot, yours matches now @Edwin ... lol

Edwin · Dec 23, 2023

HowdyDo said:
I need 125% and my text size is set to max.

Now, all you need is a 4K monitor! :wink:

trumpy81 · Dec 23, 2023

A 65" TV should do the trick ... lol

HowdyDo · Dec 23, 2023

Edwin said:
Now, all you need is a 4K monitor!

Are you Santa?

trumpy81 · Dec 23, 2023

Paint his beard white and he'll pass .... lol

HowdyDo · Dec 23, 2023

trumpy81 said:
Paint his beard white and he'll pass .... lol

You guys are a riot. You know, some forums don't allow humour. I'm glad this one isn't like that.
BTW, I reduced the size of the text font and low and behold, that worked!. I'm liking Win 11 but with my OCD, it can get kinda frustrating. Thanks: Guys/Gals

Edwin · Dec 23, 2023

trumpy81 said:
A 65" TV should do the trick ... lol

Depends what @HowdyDo 's machine can handle, I guess.
If my Laptop can handle a 4K, his should.

This is Chrome, full screen, no page zoom, 3840x2160 resolution external monitor from Laptop, 125%DPI, text size maxed out...

Edwin · Dec 23, 2023

HowdyDo said:
Are you Santa?

Send me your list..., you never know!!!

glasskuter · Dec 23, 2023

Another possibility is you may not have a display driver installed and are defaulting to using the Microsoft Display adapter driver. Verify it in device manager>expand display adapters to see if that might be the case.

When what you see goes out of whack, set everything(scale,zoom) to 100% and work gradually from there to change the settings.Those letters look HUGE to me, way bigger than 125% system scale. Set your browser's zoom level to 100% and tweak gradually.