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So I'm having a problem in QGIS 3.12 where the text for certain buttons, menu items and messages is improperly spaced/positioned within the UI, and in many cases, is totally hidden from view. Additionally, in many parts of the UI the scroll bars are tiny, to the point where they can't be used, most irritatingly when viewing attribute tables.

These issues are making QGIS borderline unusable for what I need to do.

I believe part of the cause has to do with the fact that I changed the aspect ratio of my computer as I recently reconfigured my display setup with a second monitor. However multiple resets of the aspect ratio settings has been of no avail and neither has a reinstall of QGIS.

No other software on my computer has this issue.

My question: How can I fix my text and UI problems with QGIS?

Edit: Here is an example of how some of the text looks like. Note that there are entries in this list that aren't visible.

Edit 2: So it turns out that resetting the computer itself was what was required. I did change the settings as per the comment below and reset but I don't know if the changes were required.

If you encounter this problem yourself, first try just resetting your computer, and if that doesn't work, try changing the settings as below.

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  • Have you tried: Find the qgis executable. If installed with OSGeo installer, it is in C:\OSGeo4W64\bin. Right click on qgis-bin.exe and choose Properties. Select the 'Compatibility' tab (the second tab). Select 'Change high DPI settings' at the bottom of the tab. Check 'Override high DPI scaling behavior' at the bottom. Select 'System (Enhanced)' from the drop down.
    – Kartograaf
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 23:46
  • Hi @Kartograaf I tried that but it didn't fix the issue. Thanks for your suggestion.
    – James Woolley
    Commented Apr 1, 2020 at 6:52
  • It looks like you use different UI theme. Did you try to change UI Theme option as default in "Settings > Options > General > UI Theme"
    – Kadir Şahbaz
    Commented Apr 3, 2020 at 8:35
  • Does right click menu look like that?
    – Kadir Şahbaz
    Commented Apr 3, 2020 at 12:26
  • Does by chance the software behave properly on the original screen when this original screen and only this screen is on? And what are your screen resolutions?
    – swiss_knight
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 20:38

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So it seems my problem was resolved by resetting my computer.

If you run into this problem yourself and resetting alone doesn't solve the problem, I recommend taking the following steps (thanks @Kartograaf) and then resetting the computer again:

"Find the qgis executable. If installed with OSGeo installer, it is in C:\OSGeo4W64\bin. Right click on qgis-bin.exe and choose Properties. Select the 'Compatibility' tab (the second tab). Select 'Change high DPI settings' at the bottom of the tab. Check 'Override high DPI scaling behavior' at the bottom. Select 'System (Enhanced)' from the drop down".

That should resolve your problem.

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