chrome layout changing by itself?

#1

Vetos

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I'm not sure what triggered this but seemingly randomly, Chrome's layout just changed. Text, buttons, toolbars, etc are like 75% larger than what they were. It's like I lowered my resolution, but it only affects this one program. It feels so weird to look at, is there any way to change it back?

#2

MrFahrenheit

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I've actually had the opposite issue where everything went smaller. I changed the text size which helped website pages, but things like google hangout chat boxes are still smaller than usual. Any help would also be appreciated.

#3

Bob_Marley

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You can do ctrl + and ctrl - to zoom in and out. You might have just hit one accidentally. Sorry if it doesnt help.

#4

Vetos

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It's not just text/webpages though. It's literally the entire window that's affected. Stuff like the address bar, bookmarks, scroll bar. Zooming doesn't change that.

#5

Forty-Two

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I randomly had this too, it was really annoying. It was a problem with DPI scaling; what fixed it for me is going to the properties (~~shortcut works when you only use that shortcut to launch, exe would probably be better~~ Edit: apparently it only applies to shortcuts), then going to 'target' and appending this after all the text already there:

 /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

So for me, it looks like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

Hope that helps you out!

I randomly had this too, it was really annoying. It was a problem with DPI scaling; what fixed it for me is going to the properties ([s]shortcut works when you only use that shortcut to launch, exe would probably be better[/s] Edit: apparently it only applies to shortcuts), then going to 'target' and appending this after all the text already there:

[code] /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1[/code]

So for me, it looks like this:

[code]"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1[/code]

Hope that helps you out!

#6

Walka

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Not sure if this will help or not.

Check through your "chrome://flags" options and see if anything looks off. DirectWrite will have an impact on the way your text looks.

Edit:

Found a thread where someone had an issue with UI/other elements getting smaller instead of larger (though some of this thread my be of use)
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/KYdoZG_pVpk
*excerpt from the thread*
1) Open a new tab, type chrome://flags into the URL bar, and hit enter.
2) Find the entry for 'HiDPI Support' and change the drop down box from 'Default' to 'Enabled'.

Not sure if this will help or not.

Check through your "chrome://flags" options and see if anything looks off. DirectWrite will have an impact on the way your text looks.

Edit:

Found a thread where someone had an issue with UI/other elements getting smaller instead of larger (though some of this thread my be of use)
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/KYdoZG_pVpk
*excerpt from the thread*
1) Open a new tab, type chrome://flags into the URL bar, and hit enter.
2) Find the entry for 'HiDPI Support' and change the drop down box from 'Default' to 'Enabled'.

#7

enigma

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is directwrite still enabled in chrome by default?

#8

trench

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maybe somehow accidentally magnified?

start -> type 'display' (if your windows is english)
if it's set to 125% or 150%, then try 100%

edit: if only chrome has this issue, then this is probably not it. but if windows explorer, for example, also has the same issue, then maybe it's still worth a shot :)

maybe somehow accidentally magnified?

start -> type 'display' (if your windows is english)
if it's set to 125% or 150%, then try 100%

edit: if only chrome has this issue, then this is probably not it. but if windows explorer, for example, also has the same issue, then maybe it's still worth a shot :)

#9

Walka

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enigmais directwrite still enabled in chrome by default?

I'm not sure, though I've had it randomly enabled by chrome updates before.

[quote=enigma]is directwrite still enabled in chrome by default?[/quote]

I'm not sure, though I've had it randomly enabled by chrome updates before.

#10

ayr

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#11

Vetos

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oh crap I forgot to follow up.

Yeah, Forty-Two's method worked. It only applies to shortcuts; I just pinned the shortcut to my taskbar for convenience. Kind of a roundabout solution but it gets the job done. I tried doing what Walka suggested but I couldn't find anything referring to HiDPI in those settings.

oh crap I forgot to follow up.

Yeah, Forty-Two's method worked. It only applies to shortcuts; I just pinned the shortcut to my taskbar for convenience. Kind of a roundabout solution but it gets the job done. I tried doing what Walka suggested but I couldn't find anything referring to HiDPI in those settings.