Steam client scaling for 4K or high resolution monitors.

[enio]

Please add the option so the Steam client can scale better with high resolution monitors. In my case browsing with a 4K monitor everything is really small and the .ini (or whatever) tweak to make the text bigger doesn't work on everything. Also, the Windows scaling is the worst and I don't use it.

So please give us the option to scale the client to something like 125%, 150% and 200%.
In browsers this isn't a problem since you can easily scale the web page to whatever percentage you want.

[moat]

yes please

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Mega thread... https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/864973760850542098/

[enio]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Mega thread... https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/864973760850542098/

:qr:

Redundancy can be good and can probably get Valve's attention to finally implement this some day. :P

Anyway the OP in the topic you linked focuses mostly on font size, here I am talking about the whole scaling including the pictures, bars, fonts etc.. just like when you zoom in on a web page and everything is enlarged.

[bhop bop]

it's a good idea

[FOXDUDE69]

Honestly surprised this isn't a reality yet.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Foxdude:

Honestly surprised this isn't a reality yet.

I'm not. It's Valve we're talking about.

[м]

i'm not really sure what even the problem is, it looks fine for me in 4K.

[enio]

Originally posted by м:

i'm not really sure what even the problem is, it looks fine for me in 4K.

The fact it's not a problem for you doesn't mean it's not a problem for anyone. It depends on how far away you're from the monitor, monitor size and your visual acuity, my vision isn't the best. Having this option will be helpful for many many people. For me I always find myself browsing Steam from the web browser and not from the steam client because of this.

[м]

Originally posted by enio:

Originally posted by м:

i'm not really sure what even the problem is, it looks fine for me in 4K.

The fact it's not a problem for you doesn't mean it's not a problem for anyone. It depends on how far away you're from the monitor, monitor size and your visual acuity, my vision isn't the best. Having this option will be helpful for many many people. For me I always find myself browsing Steam from the web browser and not from the steam client because of this.

well you are right, probably, just saying i don't see the issue personally.

i'm at a 32" dell 4k, if that matters. and i sit about 150cm away from it, sometimes more.

maybe they could add scaling options like at the webbrowsers, if that's even possible.

[enio]

Originally posted by м:

well you are right, probably, just saying i don't see the issue personally.

i'm at a 32" dell 4k, if that matters. and i sit about 150cm away from it, sometimes more.

maybe they could add scaling options like at the webbrowsers, if that's even possible.

Then I suppose you're using something like 150% or even 175% in Windows scaling options.

I can't go above 125% without breaking the UI of some apps I use (mainly graphics and some niche programs).
The Windows scaling is really bad and usually not a good solution.

[Crashed]

Steam Client supports HiDPI scaling on Windows 10 Creators Update and above. For the Chromium based parts scale natively, but the legacy VGUI components use something called GDI scaling which is quite imperfect.

As for the necro, Steam should be scaling by the DPI setting currently set in Windows; it seems to scale fine for me.

[enio]

bump

[Atrocitus]

This seems to be already implemented, it is working fine on my 4K monitor.
The option is called "Enlarge text and icons based on monitor size" under the "Interface" tab in the settings. Check the image for details.

https://imgur.com/a/kPQpAVS

[enio]

Thanks but this is already enabled on my client by default and it doesn't make any difference if I enable or disable it (took two screenshots and compared them side by side), the option for me is called "Scale text and icons to match monitor settings". What I think this option does is scale Steam based on the Windows scaling options, so if you're at 100% windows scaling it won't make a difference on the client. I explained above why I prefer to not go above 100% or 125% scaling setting on Windows.

The feature that I and many people want is simply custom zoom that you can set while browsing the Steam store in the client (something similar to the zoom that you can apply on Chrome or Firefox for example).

[Eddie Dexx]

It is quite annoying, even though I use a 55'' Philips 4K HDR 120hz TV as my computer monitor. But it is doable because I got such a huge screen. Its like sitting with four regular monitors side by side in one huge screen. But it would be nice to have an option to enlarge the scaling since the reason I use such a large screen is because I want to be able to read from a greater distance (which is quite good, reading PDFs from such a distance that I can lay on my bed, using Steam controller and scroll through e-books and stuff like that). Can pretty much do that with like everything except Steam. I see that you posted this two years ago, and the scaling still hasn't been implemented. I think Valve devs are either sleeping or just focusing on adding new features on Steam nobody asked for (in Steam Labs).