The new UI scales badly on lower resolutions

[xxxPenisrubbler68xxx]

My laptop which has a 1366x768 display makes the Steam UI look huge, turning off the automatic scaling helped, but it still looks awful at this res, for example the settings window still takes up the entire screen vertically, same with the server browser
valve pls fix

[Crimson Wolf]

It scales bad even at higher resolutions. I'm using a 1920x1080 display and I don't like how text is smaller. It just all looks awkward. It's actually hurting my eyes.

[Ms Bri]

Originally posted by Crimson Wolf:

It scales bad even at higher resolutions. I'm using a 1920x1080 display and I don't like how text is smaller. It just all looks awkward. It's actually hurting my eyes.

Interesting, I don't have this issue at all. In fact, this forum appears much smaller.

I have two 27" displays side by side, one 1440p, one 1080p, and when I move Steam back and forth between them, I can see the scaling in action as it redraws. When I set a window to about 2/3 of my screen, it stays this size on both screens; rather than pixel counting like it used to.

2/3 of my 1080p screen is less than a 1366x768, and the settings menu indeed would be large there, but frankly that's a very low resolution anyways, so I'd expect that behavior. This goes WAY back to the old 1024x768 vertical minimum standards on 4:3 screens, so I'm not surprised by this. I just set my monitor to 720p to take a look at how it works, and it seems fine to me. It's exactly what I'd expect.

As far as font scaling, check your scaling settings in Windows. This can be an issue. I've had funky instances of Windows scaling messing with fonts on one monitor over another with certain software and fonts. Fiddling with the scaling on that particular monitor can make a huge difference.

[Rear Admiral Asscheeks]

I was doing some exploring upon just witnessing the new update now, and stumbled upon a settings I'd not seen before involving monitor-settings-based scaling. Might be worth a shot to test with your scaling issue with these settings (I'm unsure of whether they're new or not) and see if they fix anything, or at least work.
You can find it under 'Steam>Settings>Interface>Scale text and icons to match monitor settings (requires restart)'.

I've a 24in 1080p monitor and the text and scaling seem to be quite fine on my display, the text all readable and it seems to be scaled about the same as the old SteamUI was before.