microsoft/Terminal

settings dropdown menu doesn't respect system wide "make text larger" setting

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#16,357 opened on Nov 22, 2023

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Description

Windows Terminal version

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Setting this to 200%

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causes this:

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Steps to reproduce

  1. setting system wide "make text size larger" to 200%
  2. navigiate to Settings > Startup > Default terminal application dropdown menu

Expected Behavior

legible rendering

Actual Behavior

illegible rendering

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate how the settings dropdown menu handles system wide text scaling. Check if the dropdown respects DPI scaling by examining its XAML or WinUI definitions and event handlers. Look at other dropdown menus in the terminal for consistent behavior.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktopfrontend
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