I have a Chromebook with a small screen size and relatively high pixel count (aka resolution)[1]. Some of the text that normally would be easily readable on my large 27 inch screen is literally... 1/16 inch tall on this screen... and I don't like that! I can't find where to adjust the Chromebook for "High DPI" mode or adjust the DPI scaling.
Does the Chromebook have any such a "High DPI" mode? If yes how do I navigate to this option and use change such an option?
At the very minimal I require: How do you increase the size of the Chrome-webbrowser GUI interface? If there isn't a way I need to make a feature/enhancement request (Windows 7 has been around since 2009 and has some decent/good support for High-DPI settings...)
I know you can lower the screen resolution but this question wants to explore other solutions besides lowering the screen resolution [2].
Here is what I have tried so far.
I tried two things:
- Settings --> Web Content --> Font Size
- Settings --> Web Content --> Page Zoom
But neither of these increase the size of the Chrome-webbrowser GUI interface. (Also if you do crank these up too much... you get this absolutely ridiculous situation where you have some parts that are large... but then your mouse-pointer and Chrome-webbrowser are all so tiny that it makes your eyes bleed.)
For now I am using the "Page Zoom" at 125%. But it does not adjust the size of the Chrome-webbrowser... or the taskbar GUI interface with application icons or the settings icon in the lower-right.
UPDATE:
I tried a third solution:
- Settings --> Accessibility --> "Enable Screen Magnifier"
When you use this feature, the chrome webrowser-gui is bigger... but it only let's you see 25% of the screen... because you only see 25% this solution is not an option for me. I need to see all the windows at all times (i.e. see all the window and the tray when a window is maximized).
[1] I have heard a number of different people/groups use the term "High DPI" to describe such a screen that is small with lots of pixels.
Mobile phones support these "High DPI" screen types for almost all applications but Desktop applications are more hit or miss. A more recent application may present a GUI that is readable/easy-to-use on a High DPI device... but then the next application's GUI is so tiny that you can almost not use the application unless you do something like lower your resolution or something.
[2] Lowering your screen resolution IMO is not an option because then your screen becomes fuzzy/less-readable (because you are running at the non-native screen resolution) and you are wasting your money (buying an expensive/hi-res screen then using it like a cheap/lo-res screen... and you lose functionality because less pixels means you can display less).