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How can I increase the size of Windows 11 system dialog boxes and the system font in them.
Hello! I can not set the normal size of the system dialog boxes. At a resolution of 1920x1080 (recommended) in Windows 11, they are very small and in small font. Very difficult to read.
I tried to increase the font in the settings (accessibility), but then the font becomes very large in other places on the screen, and the size of the dialog boxes does not increase from this. They remain very small. When the system is rebooted, the font becomes very small again. Tell me, please, what to do?
Sincerely, Vladimir.
This is the next step is System Settings, display, enable custom system scaling proposes 145% (You have to manually enter the zoom) then log out, it is necessary to make changes, write if it works?
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-display-dpi-scaling-level-in-windows-11.934/
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Yes RTmaki2000 I agree entirely!!!
Developers you are missing the point. Changing text size and/or scaling does NOT change the size of text in dialog boxes. It changes the tabs, the icon text etc etc but NOT dialog box text which is so very small that a severely visually impaired person such as myself even with a very large 34" monitor still cannot read the text in the dialog boxes.
Please tell us how to solve this problem as using dialog boxes for opening, saving, etc etc is so difficult that I have to get someone else to do it for me. This totally defeats the purpose!!!!
Clearly this should happen automatically with scaling, but it does NOT!
thankyou
Trying to get arrogant out-of-touch non-listening "developers" TO LISTEN now that's rich.
- This response seemed promising, but these choices do not appear beyond Advance Display Settings.:
"How do I increase the size of my dialogue box?
To make a dialogue box bigger, you can try the following steps: Right-click on the desktop and click on Display Settings. Then locate and click on Advance Display Settings. Select Advance sizing of text and other items. Locate Change only text Size, click on the drop-down box and select Message Boxes.Jul 15, 2023" Vladmor47 Hi,
The easiest way is to change the settings with the slider - you can do this in System Settings -> Accessibility, set larger text (this will automatically change the scaling) also in applications and other screen elements.
Best regards
This makes EVERYTHING BIGGER, not what they are asking :(
- Changed the text size to 185%. On the screen, the text becomes very large, but the size of the system dialog boxes remains small and the text in them is very small, difficult to read.
The resolution also changed, the text size in the system dialogs remains very small. In applications (Lister) linked to the system text, it is difficult to read.This is the next step is System Settings, display, enable custom system scaling proposes 145% (You have to manually enter the zoom) then log out, it is necessary to make changes, write if it works?
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-display-dpi-scaling-level-in-windows-11.934/
You should be able to right-click the desktop and open the Display Settings. In the settings pane that shows up, look for a setting called 'Scale', its under 'Scale & layout'. There you can select a different scale for your monitor. You can follow https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-your-screen-resolution-in-windows-5effefe3-2eac-e306-0b5d-2073b765876b if you prefer.
jimmaphy I think the community gets frustrated because you're not really hearing what people are saying. We have tried all of the normal scaling steps which do NOT touch the font size for dialogs in some cases. I think displays like surface pro are one of the main culprits because it only runs at the highest resolution. The text is so small on all dialogs that it's unreadable in most cases with magnifiers. Its horrible that this doesn't scale along with everything else like the title bar text. IF that is scalable why isn't the dialog message text?
