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Anybody seen the quick find dialogue box in VS2015 go very small?

For some reason the quick find box (CTRL-F) in VS2015 has gone absolutely tiny. It's almost unusable. Has anybody seen this?

TinyBox

I can extend it width wise, but absolutely can't change it's height to make the text in it more legible.

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PompeyPaul Avatar asked Oct 21 '16 15:10

PompeyPaul


2 Answers

In case anyone else has this problem, I finally figured out how to fix it on my VS2015 without resetting everything...

  1. Place the cursor anywhere in the text editor. Hold down CTRL key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to enlarge the search box until it is the size you want. This will make everything in your code editor huge.
  2. Open Tools/Options/Environment/Fonts and Colors. "Text Editor" should already be selected.
  3. Change the font size to another other than was you see. If it's 10 and you want it to be 10, change it to something other than 10, then go back in and change it back to 10.
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Ken Edwards Avatar answered Oct 24 '22 01:10

Ken Edwards


Comment from Hans was right track. I clicked on "Use Defaults" which then made the quick find dialogue box small as well as the editing text in the editor small. I then held ctrl and right mouse up to zoom in and everything is a readable size again.

The important thing is not to increase font size if the text is to small, but to zoom in. Otherwise you'll find other parts of VS are still small.

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PompeyPaul Avatar answered Oct 24 '22 01:10

PompeyPaul