Bug 158850 - Font Size in Menubar not Changeable
Summary: Font Size in Menubar not Changeable
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
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7.6.4.1 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
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Reported: 2023-12-24 13:37 UTC by weiss_154
Modified: 2024-11-07 03:15 UTC (History)
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Description weiss_154 2023-12-24 13:37:04 UTC
Hello,
using LibreOffice 7.6.4 with Windows 11 and 1920 x 1080 screen resolution ( the processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz   1.90 GHz), I have tried to change the very small font size in tool bar and pop-up windows via "Tools -> Options -> Libreoffice -> Font Lists -> From" in the respective input field, but to no avail. Whatever font size I choose in this field only has the effect that e.g. "14 pixels" instead of "12 pixels" is shown in this field, but it does not change anything on the UI - even after restarting LO, while changing LO's icon size in the same submenu under "Tools -> Option" (same path as above) works fine.

Changing font size on OS level also has no effect, while in contrast I did successfully change MS Word menu font size on this level.

Is there any other menu option or maybe some property or configuration file in which I can change this font size in LO? Is this a known bug and maybe there already is a bug fix? Might it be worth trying LO 7.5.9. or might a system restart suddenly show the new font size?

I am really interested in giving LibreOffice a try, but the font size I have currently in tool bar and menus of LO, is too small to work with. 

BTW: I have have chosen "major" as severity for this bug as I do not see how users with, for example, reading glasses might be willing to use your product under Windows if they cannot have a suitable font size in toolbar, menus, and popup windows. If this severity is reserved for bugs that cause LO to crash, feel free to change this assessment. Still, I think it might be a pity if users might not use a mature and sophisticated, and above all, free office suite for the simple reason that they cannot change its display font size in a way they feel comfortable with.

Regards

Michael
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2023-12-24 15:23:36 UTC
Can not confirm, the LibreOffice UI responds to os/DE settings of UI scale.

On Windows 10 DE either by full DE scaling done from desktop context menu 'Display settings'. Or from the 'Ease of Access' panel 'Make text bigger'.

The 'Make text bigger' works without logoff. But the 'Scale and Layout' from display settings requires logoff/login. 

Please test either method.

Personally I set a custom scale factor via the 'Advanced scaling settings' as that seems to correctly pass in details needed for HiDPI screens as opposed to using the list box of scales which simply magnifies the screen content and leads to pixelation.

LO's ability to scale specific UI elements was removed at the 5.3 release as unsupportable cross platform, bug 101646 for reimplementing with more complete HiDPI support.

=-testing-=
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 2eb428a8890dda29fbdc8b639fc1377080fab59f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 2 John 2024-04-09 01:19:30 UTC
This does not appear to be an issue in my version of LibreOffice. It behaves as expected as far as I can tell. I recommend following the steps that were commented previously and trying a new version.

Version: 24.2.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: da48488a73ddd66ea24cf16bbc4f7b9c08e9bea1
CPU threads: 24; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22631; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2024-10-07 03:17:19 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2024-11-07 03:15:18 UTC
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