Steam chat window issue/bug

[Dae]

https://i.ibb.co/zJHfLZn/Untitled.png

Whats going on here and any clue on how to fix it that doesn't involve a reinstall? Been like this for a couple days now. Restarting or maximising the window doesn't fix it.

[Droice]

I have this bug too and can't find a fix for it.

Hoping this bump gives this topic some attention.

[Dae]

I "fixed" it by going to settings (the cogwheel) on steam friends > Size & Scaling > Compact friends list & chat view to OFF.

Reinstalling didn't fix it either, if I turn the above setting ON it's still there.

[Droice]

Originally posted by Dae:

I "fixed" it by going to settings (the cogwheel) on steam friends > Size & Scaling > Compact friends list & chat view to OFF.

Reinstalling didn't fix it either, if I turn the above setting ON it's still there.

Damn, this fixed it and you posted it 2 hours later, while I forgot about this for 2 weeks :o

The buttons, I was able to live with (kind of), but the X to close a chat window sometimes would not work or it was really hard to click, because it was almost halfway out of my actual chat window.
Changing that setting to OFF fixed both of these issues.

Thank you!

[Coulin Totil]

why wont my chat window close at all? whenever I try to close out of my friend's chat window. it pops up again. if you can help can you message me back?
Thank you. (also the guy i chat with said "Do not tell your password to anyone" Obviously im not dumb enough to do that. though I still have my suspicions.

[SlyOnFire]

Originally posted by Dae:

I "fixed" it by going to settings (the cogwheel) on steam friends > Size & Scaling > Compact friends list & chat view to OFF.

Reinstalling didn't fix it either, if I turn the above setting ON it's still there.

Thanks so much. That issue had been annoying me for nearly a year. Your solution nailed it.

[joss55 <3]

dae can you make screenshot and show us what to do ty

[PacifistBot]

I had a similar problem but what fixed for me is this setting. Steam settings>interface>"scale text and icons according to display settings" to off.
https://imgur.com/a/NgHnRC3

Btw my problem was different. If you are using 2 or more monitor that only one of them using windows scaling it messes up with chat windows and only fix other than this that changing its size from bottom right corner and it fixes temporarily. But after closing it does the same thing so to fix it you should disable the option i said before so you can fix permanently.

[Wibiz]

Originally posted by PacifistBot:

I had a similar problem but what fixed for me is this setting. Steam settings>interface>"scale text and icons according to display settings" to off.
https://imgur.com/a/NgHnRC3

Btw my problem was different. If you are using 2 or more monitor that only one of them using windows scaling it messes up with chat windows and only fix other than this that changing its size from bottom right corner and it fixes temporarily. But after closing it does the same thing so to fix it you should disable the option i said before so you can fix permanently.

Thanks man, this solved the issue I was having. It had to do with writing in the chat boxes. I couldn't see what I wrote until the sentence was done and it visibly glitched as if it had some screen tearing as I was scrolling it. Surprisingly it took this long to find a solution but thanks again, this was it.