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Code editor font size gets big when I use some other UI element. by Klaim

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Type: Bug
ID: 771418
Opened: 11/16/2012 11:11:14 AM
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Having some code open in the editor, the font size get suddenly very big when I use another element of the ui that uses blocs of texts that appear over the rest, like the search box (Ctrl+Q).

I tested this with:

- VS2012 + CTP1
- VS2012 without CTP1
- With no extension enabled (still installed)
- With extensions enabled.

In all these cases I get the same reproductible behaviour.
I'm using mainly C++, I didn't try with other kinds of projects open.
Details (expand)

Visual Studio/Team Foundation Server/.NET Framework Tooling Version

Visual Studio 2012

Steps to reproduce

0. open Visual Studio 2012
1. open a project and open a source code file to see some code.
2. Type Ctrl+Q or click in the search box.
3. Type anything to spawn some suggestions from the search box. I use "ev" to get some suggestions about the "Environnement".

5. As soon as you get some suggestions, you can see the problem: the code displayed in the editor is resized in a very big way.

Product Language

English

Operating System

Windows 7 SP1

Operating System Language

English

Actual results

Once you go through the steps, you will have all the code in any source file displayed in a font that is very big.
The window will show that it's still 100% of the size, and the size of the font will not have changed (in the options).
However, the window will show you bigger fonts even if nothing have changed in the configuration.

Expected results

No change at all in the code editor display.
File Attachments
File Name Submitted By Submitted On File Size  
vs2012_bug_font_big_size_BEFORE.jpg Klaim 11/16/2012 241 KB
vs2012_bug_font_big_size_AFTER.jpg Klaim 11/16/2012 316 KB
Exported-2012-11-19.zip (restricted) Klaim 11/20/2012 -
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Posted by Microsoft on 12/26/2012 at 8:42 AM
Hi Klaim,

Good to know you were able to narrow down the issue. Thank you for the follow up and again, thank you for logging the issue. We appreciate your help improving Visual Studio.

We will move this to a different team for further investigation.

Thanks,
Murali
Posted by Klaim on 12/21/2012 at 6:00 PM
Installing again Python Tools for Visual Studio did make the bug reapear.
Uninstalling it did again kill the bug.
Installing a more recent version did make the bug reappear.

Uninstalling it, then installing all the other extensions did not make the bug appear.

I will file an issue in the extension project bug tracker and point it here.

Thanks for your help.
Posted by Klaim on 12/21/2012 at 5:25 PM
Forgot one extension:

- Python Tools for Visual Studio


I Uninstalled everything but this one and the problem was still present.
I Uninstalled this extension and the problem disappeared.

I a m in the process of installing it again, see if the bug reappear.
Posted by Klaim on 12/21/2012 at 5:12 PM
Hello,

Yes. As I noted, I have extensions installed, but I tested with all extensions that I could disable set DISABLED.
Here is the full list of extensions INSTALLED (including the ones by default that I can't remove):

- Microsoft Visual Studio PerfWatson
- Microsoft Web Developer Tools
- Microsoft Visual Studio Interactive Window
- NuGet Package Manager
- Productivity Power Tools
- PVS-Studio
- Visual Assist X
- Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor
- Visual Studio Extension for Windows Library for JavaScript
- VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012

I will uninstall all I can and see if there is a change.
Posted by Microsoft on 12/21/2012 at 3:08 PM
Hello,

Thank you for logging the issue. We were not able to reproduce the issue locally. Can you tell is if you have any extensions installed on your Visual Studio instance ?

Thanks,
Murali
Murali Krishna Hosabettu Kamalesha | Program Manager | Visual Studio Platform - Editor team
Posted by Klaim on 12/16/2012 at 4:06 PM
This problem is getting more and more annoying, preventing me to use the Quick Search efficiently.

I'm uploading a video that should be online in a hour there: http://youtu.be/RB3LaoG9TRQ

It shows a basic way to reproduce the bug from here. I couldn't try in other installs yet.
Tell me if you need more videos.
Posted by Klaim on 12/1/2012 at 12:28 PM
I uninstalled CTP1 and then installed Update 1.
I have exactly the same problem (with and without extensions on)
Posted by Microsoft on 11/22/2012 at 12:01 AM
Thank you for submitting feedback on Visual Studio and .NET Framework. Your issue has been routed to the appropriate VS development team for investigation. We will contact you if we require any additional information.
Posted by Klaim on 11/20/2012 at 12:02 PM
Previoius attachement didn't work, I ziped the file and did it again.
Posted by Klaim on 11/19/2012 at 7:09 AM
I exported all my settings and joined it here. Is it the file you wanted? If not, can you point me to an explanation of how to get it?
Posted by Microsoft on 11/18/2012 at 6:52 PM
Thank you for submitting feedback on Visual Studio and .NET Framework. In order to efficiently investigate and reproduce this issue, we are requesting a environment settings file. Please submit this information to us within 4 business days. We look forward to hearing from you with this information.
Posted by Microsoft on 11/16/2012 at 11:51 AM
Thank you for your feedback, we are currently reviewing the issue you have submitted. If this issue is urgent, please contact support directly(http://support.microsoft.com)
Posted by Klaim on 11/16/2012 at 11:24 AM
I attached two images:

- one is before typing in the search box (note that there are other interfaces that trigger the same behaviour)
- the other is just after having typing in the search box
- in both cases (which I did in the same project and session) I disabled all plugins
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Posted by Klaim on 11/16/2012 at 11:11 AM
The only way I found to fix this is to restart VS2012. This is bad.
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