Is there any way to change the screen resolution.. I do not mean just to change the font size. I mean to make the bars smaller for example..
Regards, alex
steiale: there's a standard registry hack for this. Search around, or try the program CETuner.
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Is there any way for the wallpaper to remain untiled when I open my keyboard and the Today screen is set in landscape view?
One method is to resize it to 800X800. I always like to start with square pictures so the image doesn't distort when I re-size.
Bump.
Anyone know if there's a reg edit or something?
I would set it to 800 800, but that might skew the way the image looks, for example, if it was a person or something.
Hello all,
So I bought a Dell Venue 8 Pro and so far I really like it.
I have managed to configure the desktop so it is readable through some scaling and text sizes. However, the Modern UI is still very small and I am actually getting a little bit of a headache due to small text and tiles.
I have tried to figure out how to change the scaling and the text size but the "Change the size of apps, text, and other items on the screen" is greyed out. I guess this is due to the screen resolution of the device.
But there must be another way to configure this. I have seen some registry keys which is assosiated with the Modern UI but all these only seems to work with Windows 8.
Any thoughts?
No input at all? It must be possible in some way
olesch said:
Hello all,
So I bought a Dell Venue 8 Pro and so far I really like it.
I have managed to configure the desktop so it is readable through some scaling and text sizes. However, the Modern UI is still very small and I am actually getting a little bit of a headache due to small text and tiles.
I have tried to figure out how to change the scaling and the text size but the "Change the size of apps, text, and other items on the screen" is greyed out. I guess this is due to the screen resolution of the device.
But there must be another way to configure this. I have seen some registry keys which is assosiated with the Modern UI but all these only seems to work with Windows 8.
Any thoughts?
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The only thing that really comes to mind is setting the display resolution lower, but of course that will cost you detail and definition on things that ought to be rendered at high DPI (like text and images).
olesch said:
Hello all,
So I bought a Dell Venue 8 Pro and so far I really like it.
I have managed to configure the desktop so it is readable through some scaling and text sizes. However, the Modern UI is still very small and I am actually getting a little bit of a headache due to small text and tiles.
I have tried to figure out how to change the scaling and the text size but the "Change the size of apps, text, and other items on the screen" is greyed out. I guess this is due to the screen resolution of the device.
But there must be another way to configure this. I have seen some registry keys which is assosiated with the Modern UI but all these only seems to work with Windows 8.
Any thoughts?
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I came across this on Google and just wanted to drop in and +1 this. I have the desktop configured with 150% scaling, but no settings seem to exist to increase the size of everything in the Modern UI. Hopefully someone else will come across this with some kind of solution. Merry Christmas!
I also bought Venue 8 Pro and find this also the only isue. I was googling a lot and it seems Microsoft requires minimum 1440x1080 resolution for 140% scaling in Windows 8. There is no way or hack for now that can go around this isue:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465362.aspx
Even those hacks with register to make Windows 8 think screen is smaller wouldnt work, because the isue here is resolution not screen size that that hack changes!
Damm Microsoft, why allow tablet makers to use 1280x800 on 8" if you dont support it well!
I Will survive for now, i have good eyes and at least Metro IE browser has its own setting for making at least browsing larger.
This should be a high priority isue, Microsoft is going big with 8" tablets and all the cheap ones Will have 1280x800....
P.S.: 8" Windows 8 tablet still ROCKS. But if possible go buy one with higher resolution(doesnt existt for now).
Edit: I just recalculated the scaling. 1080 height would not help at all, because it is exactly 40% more pixels than 768... So i gues only Microsoft can change this for 8" tablets. Either by making everything bigger(Will make it hard for developers) or more easily by scaling text seperatly.
I've managed to somewhat improve it by scaling Segoe UI font. So now most of Windows UI looks ugly, but more readable.
So what I have now is
1) 150% DPI scale for desktop (Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display)
2) 150% scaled Segoe UI font
Sometimes these 150% overlap (giving 225% total)
To try this:
1) copy attached fonts to your fonts directory without installing it (use .bat file attached and run it as administrator)
2) let windows use new files instead of original ones (run fonts150.reg or fonts125.reg for smaller scaling)
3) sign out - sign in
nice hack
burma said:
I've managed to somewhat improve it by scaling Segoe UI font. So now most of Windows UI looks ugly, but more readable.
So what I have now is
1) 150% DPI scale for desktop (Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display)
2) 150% scaled Segoe UI font
Sometimes these 150% overlap (giving 225% total)
To try this:
1) copy attached fonts to your fonts directory without installing it (use .bat file attached and run it as administrator)
2) let windows use new files instead of original ones (run fonts.reg)
3) sign out - sign in
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WOW nice hack you have here! Didn't know you can change font size via font files. Great work on TrueType files man!
Would it be hard to also make a 125 version(so it doesnt stand out that much over still smaller UI.)? I think i could like this hack enough for everyday use!
P.S.: the small "f" on keyboard is wrong, and for .bat i would add in begining this line, so it works for everyone: "cd /d %~dp0"
CommanderThor said:
WOW nice hack you have here! Didn't know you can change font size via font files. Great work on TrueType files man!
Would it be hard to also make a 125 version(so it doesnt stand out that much over still smaller UI.)? I think i could like this hack enough for everyday use!
P.S.: the small "f" on keyboard is wrong, and for .bat i would add in begining this line, so it works for everyone: "cd /d %~dp0"
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Added 125 fonts. Not sure what "cd /d %~dp0" does though, on my computer it just gives "path not found" error
Oh nice, i find the 125% version looking fairly good on my 8" Dell Venue 8 Pro, that is i find it better than default, no matter the smal distortion it causes.
Thanks!
Let us know if you update your fonts file again.
As for your bat file it shows me error "cannot find the file specified" when i run it. But after i add that cd command(without the citation marks) it works fine for me.. That command is supposed to change the dir to "where you are running your .bat file from", works fine for some other .bat files i have..
Burma, Thanks so much for the workaround. Didn't know there is a base UI font and there is mapping between font name and font file. A 25% increase in text size works wonder. I wonder why MS can't get such trivial thing right.
Now if I can find a way to disable the random zoom in/out while scrolling screen in IE!
I got a cheap EC Technology Bluetooth keyboard for $14 from amazon. It works pretty well and avoid having the onscreen taking up a lot of screen real estate.
burma said:
I've managed to somewhat improve it by scaling Segoe UI font. So now most of Windows UI looks ugly, but more readable.
So what I have now is
1) 150% DPI scale for desktop (Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display)
2) 150% scaled Segoe UI font
Sometimes these 150% overlap (giving 225% total)
To try this:
1) copy attached fonts to your fonts directory without installing it (use .bat file attached and run it as administrator)
2) let windows use new files instead of original ones (run fonts150.reg or fonts125.reg for smaller scaling)
3) sign out - sign in
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It works fine but the resulted font look very bad can you make the some fix but with a different font? e.g. Verdana font I think will look better... anyway great idea! and thank you.
Thanks so much Burma for the fix.
I've tried the windows magnifier, and the experience is awful on a tablet (it works great on any laptop)
I also tried reducing the resolution, but the biggest problem with that is the loss of widescreen because all the resolutions below the 1280 x 800 default are 4:3
I'm glad I only paid $250 for this tablet, i'm not enjoying Windows 8.1 on a tablet (like I do on PCs).
On my note the minimum brightness on the slider is 40. Is there a file I can edit or something I can modify in the framework-res.apk for my slider to go from 0-255 brightness. I was able to go into sys/class/panel/backlight and edit the backlight to 0 but I want to be able to keep this value with the slider. I know rootdim worked but I don't want to open up an app or widget to adjust this if possible.
Build.prop has some stuff. Also framework-res/res/arrays.xml does too. Try those.
The UI elements, such as the shutter buttom and other arr so small when i change the scale in developer settings.. even if i put 361 instead of 360 it goes so small.. is there any fix for this? I don't like the big UI that android offers