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Bort Newbies Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2016	Serial Monitor Missing Buttons, high DPI display suspected as reason. Feb 19^th, 2016 at 10:40pm	Print Post
	My serial monitor does not appear to be displaying correctly. This section of the user-guide shows two buttons in the top-right corner of the window (send and settings): http://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=Serial-Monitor.html However, my window does not have those buttons. This is Visual Micro 1602.20 I suspect this could be related my laptop having a high-DPI 4K display, which often results in GUI issues for software not written with high DPI in mind. For that matter, there are a ton of other display problems in Visual Micro that result in me being unable to read or select certain options. Hopefully, someone in charge will see this and be able to work in a solution. I can't be the only person out there using a 4K monitor, and the number of people doing so is increasing every day. In the mean time, is there another way for me to access the serial monitor settings? Thanks.
	« Last Edit: Feb 20^th, 2016 at 3:16pm by Bort »

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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12137 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Serial Monitor Missing Buttons, high DPI display suspected as reason. Reply #1 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the report. There is a new release 1602.20 which has the windows scale mode changed from font to dpi. Interested to hear if any better?


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Bort Newbies Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2016	Re: Serial Monitor Missing Buttons, high DPI display suspected as reason. Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 3:15pm	Print Post
	I am already using that version. I'm sorry, I should have stated that I'm using: Visual Micro version 1602.20 Visual Studio Community 2015, Version 14.0.24720.00 Update 1 Windows 8.1 Resolution: 3200x1800 Here is the configuration window for Visual Micro: As you can see, I'm severely hindered.


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12137 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Serial Monitor Missing Buttons, high DPI display suspected as reason. Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 4:27pm	Print Post
	That window is already being worked on for a fix but it is usable. Just put the path to arduino 1.6.6 in the first edit box then click OK 1602.20 (Feb 20th 2016) which was released earlier today should contain fixes for the serial window and other standard windows that you report in this post initially. Would appreciate knowing how those windows are now? Thanks ps: if you have restarted vs the update might have been applied automatically, depends on your settings
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Bort Newbies Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2016	Re: Serial Monitor Missing Buttons, high DPI display suspected as reason. Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 4:51pm	Print Post
	I have the newest version (1602.20 from today) installed. I even uninstalled and reinstalled it. I notice no difference. Perhaps it's worth noting that after I reinstalled it, the settings appear to have remained. IE: Not everything is "fresh".


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