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Is there anyway to increase the size of the icons in the top menu bar in the IDE? I am 70 now and my eyesight needs a wake-up here :)

Graham1904
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TDK
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Not apart from changing the resolution of your screen, or tinkering with the internals, sadly.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20718093/eclipse-interface-icons-very-small-on-high-resolution-screen-in-windows-8-1

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Just track down the real program (not the launcher) and override it's DPI scaling.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/51268484

KSchr.3
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Beside this question like to be slightly outdated I found a neat solution to this issue.

I've the same problem when running STM32CubeIDE (Eclipse 4.23) under Linux on a 4k screen.

It's described here and seems to work: https://askubuntu.com/questions/777411/eclipse-neon-icon-size-in-ubuntu-16-04-hidpi

​So I've edited the ​/usr/share/applications/stm32cubeide.desktop by adding `GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5 GDK_SCALE=2` to the line beginning with Exec=....

The full line is now

`​Exec=GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5 GDK_SCALE=2 stm32cubeide %F`

The difference:

STM32CubeIDE on a 4k screen without any specific GDK settings


_legacyfs_online_stmicro_images_0693W00000bhl6FQAQ.pngThe same with modified GDK-settings:


_legacyfs_online_stmicro_images_0693W00000bhl6KQAQ.pngHope it helps if someone is searching for a solution.

BTW, the often mentioned solution `-Dswt.autoScale=175` or similar does NOT work. It only works on older Eclipse versions (prior 4.8?).