problem adjusting panel font size

[Rae S]

Lightroom Version

12.0.1

Operating System

1. Windows 10

Is this a bug in the program or just my problem - the small and medium font sizes from the dropdown menu in preferences|interface|panels resulted in the identical (but too small) font size. The medium (150%) selection result was too big, but now, when trying to go back to a smaller font, the 'restart Lightroom' button was no longer displayed and it was impossible to change the font size using the LR preferences menu.

I was able to get the medium (125%) font size by editing the Lightroom Classic CC 7 Preferences.agprefs file directly and manually setting the panel font size to 125%; i.e., - setting AgPanel_baseFontSize = "scale125".

It appears that (first bug) the medium 125 font size does not work from preferences menu and (second bug) that with a font size of 150 (maybe also larger fonts) the preferences menu does not display a 'Restart Lightroom' button thereby making it impossible to make any further changes to the interface preferences.

 

[Rae S]

Correction - typo error - should state 'large (150%)' font rather than medium (150%)'.
Also, the reason the Restart button doesn't not appear with larger font sizes is that the preferences pop-up window runs off the bottom of the monitor and the lower portion containing the restart button cannot be displayed or reached to make the change.

 

[johnrellis]

In general, LR's scaling of its user interface on Windows leaves a lot to be desired, with lots of glitches that have long been reported but not fixed, and many have asked for more intermediate font sizes.

with a font size of 150 (maybe also larger fonts) the preferences menu does not display a 'Restart Lightroom' button thereby making it impossible to make any further changes to the interface preferences.

After changing Preferences > Interface > Font Size, type Return -- that will invoke the OK button, saving your changes. Then exit LR and restart it.

 

[Rae S]

Thank you John. So I won't hold my breath for Adobe to do anything. I have found that some finer scaling adjustments are possible between 'scale150' and 'scale100'. Trial and error has led m to 'scale120' on y laptop - I haven't fond the need to change anything for the larger desktop displays - and I hope that I can just leave it alone now. Thanks for your feedback.