idea Desktop interface to cooperate w/ custom DPI font magnification in Windows in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/desktop-interface-to-cooperate-w-custom-dpi-font/idi-p/934951 <P>Even though ESRI will not act on this I feel compelled to ask anyway:<BR /><BR />Would it be possible to make the desktop interface of ESRI products behave even if a Windows user sets a custom font size under the screen resolution options? &nbsp;I prefer to use an intermediate size, which works well with everything else installed on the PC, but with ESRI causes problems with the user interface: &nbsp;directories, such as the Table of contents as well as catalog and toolbox items, plus the stand-alone ArcCatalog show items with <STRONG>GINORMOUS</STRONG> text sizes, while&nbsp;menu bars, etc. display very tiny font sizes and point several inches away from where the mouse pointer actually is, causing me to accidentally click on the wrong choices.<BR /><BR />The only solution is to go with Windows preset font magnifications, which are either much too large or much too small. &nbsp;I have to pattern the rest of my PC use around the limitations with ESRI's interface, and it's not much of a solution in my opinion.<BR /><BR />Frustrating.</P><!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004p3t --><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 01 May 2024 21:07:02 GMT RobertKlein3 2024-05-01T21:07:02Z Desktop interface to cooperate w/ custom DPI font magnification in Windows https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/desktop-interface-to-cooperate-w-custom-dpi-font/idi-p/934951 <P>Even though ESRI will not act on this I feel compelled to ask anyway:<BR /><BR />Would it be possible to make the desktop interface of ESRI products behave even if a Windows user sets a custom font size under the screen resolution options? &nbsp;I prefer to use an intermediate size, which works well with everything else installed on the PC, but with ESRI causes problems with the user interface: &nbsp;directories, such as the Table of contents as well as catalog and toolbox items, plus the stand-alone ArcCatalog show items with <STRONG>GINORMOUS</STRONG> text sizes, while&nbsp;menu bars, etc. display very tiny font sizes and point several inches away from where the mouse pointer actually is, causing me to accidentally click on the wrong choices.<BR /><BR />The only solution is to go with Windows preset font magnifications, which are either much too large or much too small. &nbsp;I have to pattern the rest of my PC use around the limitations with ESRI's interface, and it's not much of a solution in my opinion.<BR /><BR />Frustrating.</P><!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004p3t --><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 01 May 2024 21:07:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/desktop-interface-to-cooperate-w-custom-dpi-font/idi-p/934951 RobertKlein3 2024-05-01T21:07:02Z Re: Desktop interface to cooperate w/ custom DPI font magnification in Windows https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/desktop-interface-to-cooperate-w-custom-dpi-font/idc-p/934952#M3944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This post is from a long time ago, but I would like to re-submit.&nbsp; For those of us with less than perfect eyesight (even with corrective lenses) reading popup windows, menus, text in various tools etc. is frustrating.&nbsp; Yes, I can make the table font larger - thank you for that.&nbsp; But as the OP said, most of the other text is still too small.&nbsp; Even setting intermediate text size in Windows often leads to boxes not showing fully.&nbsp; This is not just an ESRI issue - it happens frequently with web pages.&nbsp; Sometimes the button to click "okay" is enlarged but it is not reachable to click - you can see the top edge of the okay button, but can't quite reach it to click, and cannot always get cursor on it to use 'enter' on keyboard.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:24:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/desktop-interface-to-cooperate-w-custom-dpi-font/idc-p/934952#M3944 PegGronemeyer2 2019-11-21T21:24:31Z