GUI scale setting

[adufr]

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Recent discussions in #1276 made me think of a feature idea: GUI scale.

I'm already using Cmd + and Cmd - on my Mac to control the size of Gitify's window (which I'm unzooming a lot so I get more space/informations) -- but this kind of is a poweruser feature as it's a feature implemented into electron and not Gitify itself, so basic users might not know about it.

So why not add some kind of a setting to control this from Gitify's settings page?

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[setchy]

Do you have an implementation approach in mind @adufr?

[afonsojramos]

I thought of a stepped slider, should cover most of the dimensions needed.

[setchy]

I thought of a stepped slider, should cover most of the dimensions needed.

Makes sense.

Do you know how that might translate into tailwindcss?

[afonsojramos]

Working on a version of this, will give you some demos before saturday 😉

[ssbarnea]

(Rephrased) I really appreciate that scaling is supported — however, I noticed that window resizing was not implemented in #434. On a 4K display, the fixed-size window appears quite small and makes the information hard to read. While zooming out allows more content to fit, the text becomes too small to be usable. Allowing the window to be resized would make a big difference for high-resolution displays.

Note: Thanks to ChatGPT which converted the original 5/10 on politeness scale comment to 9/10, hope it helps (will use it more often).

By the way, that issue could easily be considered an accessibility (a11y) one because it does affect usage by others that might be visually impaired (need bigger font sizes).

I can fully understand the concerns about feature creeping and especially about features that might increase the maintenance/testing costs. Maybe there are workarounds that can be found for addressing the original issue without adding for more testing combinations. For example, the window size might be linked to the zoom level or to the overall screen size.

Even if you decide to do nothing, is ok. I wish you all the best and to have great time working on your fun projects.

[setchy]

I find it hilarious that scaling is possible but changing the windows size was refused on #434 -- I have a 4K display and the window is tiny and is quite hard to read the info on it. If I zoom out more info would fit but it would so small that it would not be readable.

Please choose your words more carefully... No need to be rude about past decisions.