Tip for resizing cockpit tooltips (and more.. how to make the UI smaller)

[ArcanePython931]

Kind of a nasty one for a lot of people atm… when you switch back to “Legacy” in Accessibility, you get giant tool tips. That can be solved.

In the Settings/General Accessability, you also have the Interface scale slider…

Just put that slider back to a point, you can still read the text… You can shift it back a lot, because the text is now XBox-style giant font everywhere !

You’ll get below view on Interface scale 52… I show the weather dialog, everything gets a bit smaller, tooltips, top bar and dialogs…

You’ll get below view on 41… now, it becomes difficult - for me, on a laptop - to read the text in the weather dialog, but on a large screen it must be readable. And the tooltips… become the old size. So if you really need these tooltips on the old size… use this workaround.

[ArcanePython931]

Another issue that may be solved with this… if I leave Accessibility / interface scaling on 41, the Aircraft screen looks like this 4 columns…

[Archer374]

thanks. Good find. I’m using an ultrawide monitor so this will certainly work for me.

[ArcanePython931]

My pleasure The above trick also works handy for Content Manager… much better overview…

(I don’t run a giant screen here… I’ve a laptop… I think I’m going to leave interface scaling at… 47 or so)

[somethingbrite]

Outstanding knowledge sharing mate!!!

Gold star for you!

The pop out window (atc etc) was driving me bonkers!

[PlumbGlue67]

Well done Arcane, thanks !

[ArcanePython931]

My pleasure…

Actually I found this when I was investigating something else… I needed a smaller Weather dialog

Put back the minutes in weather time

I like to take screenshots. Also sunset screenshots. To do that, you need accurate time setting ! In a few minutes… sunset ends. That used to be easy, before SU5… [image] Now, the time slider was made much smaller… and the minute up/down button has been removed. Can we have that little minute up/down back please ? (that’s my wish) I tried to find workarounds, there are a few… When time cannot be set properly… or your slider jumps… workaround #1 wait for the time to pass by… here I waited 7 …

[rozellespi]

Thank you…gonna try that. I’m shocked they thought that was even acceptable…who wants to see that big blob on each control or knob?

[ArcanePython931]

Oops too late (everybody knows these tricks by now )

Remark about my tip: don’t put the percentage too low if you’re running a smaller screen. On my laptop, I was not able to close the Camera dialog at 35. Cross becomes too small.

Funny side effect at startup of a smaller setting, see below. I love them Rhino’s…