Editor fonts change size if Windows Font Size is set to Medium when Debugging

Editor fonts change size if Windows Font Size is set to Medium when Debugging by Yenian

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Type:	Bug
ID:	776306
Opened:	1/10/2013 8:35:23 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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Fonts in Visual Studio Text Editors become noticably larger after clicking the debug menu ifWindows display size is set to medium.

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Visual Studio 2012

1) Open Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display
1a) Set 'Change the size of all items' to 'Medium - 125%'
2) Reboot machine to apply changes
3) Open Visual Studio 2012 to a C++ Windows Store project
4) Compile said Windows Store Project
5) Click Debug Menu
6) Observe all fonts change size.
7) I have not found a way to get fonts to decrease in size aside from restarting Visual Studio.

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Windows 8

English

Fonts get noticeably larger.

Fonts stay the same size.

File Name	Submitted By	Submitted On	File Size
before.PNG	Yenian	1/10/2013	142 KB
after.PNG	Yenian	1/10/2013	151 KB

Posted by Michael Geary on 2/18/2013 at 11:45 AM

I did some more testing. The problem is caused by the Python Tools for Visual Studio. If I uninstall Python Tools the problem goes away.

I suspect that this may be closely related to a similar bug reported on the Python Tools issue tracker:

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/776306/editor-fonts-change-size-if-windows-font-size-is-set-to-medium-when-debugging

Posted by Michael Geary on 2/16/2013 at 2:26 PM

I have the same problem, but I think it is caused by one of my third-party addons, not Visual Studio itself. I tried starting VS in safe mode:

devenv /SafeMode

and the text resizing problem goes away.

When I get some time I will investigate further. Unfortunately most of my VS addons can't be simply disabled but have to be uninstalled from Programs and Features. So it will take a while to narrow it down.

But OP, if you're so motivated, you might try the same experiments and report back anything you find?

Posted by Microsoft on 1/15/2013 at 1:30 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 Microsoft on 1/10/2013 at 8:51 PM

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