Hi all. Just struck an annoying problem. My programs in Arduino are now only showing on half a screen of my laptop. Also the letters have become very large. Everything else on the laptop is fine. It is just the Arduino. I have windows 10 and am using a Lenovo. Almost impossible to work my programs …

Like this? [image] If so you just need to drag down the border between the 2 parts of the screen.

Font size can be adjusted in file -> preferences; mine is set to 14, not sure if it is the default. Did yours change?

I have fixed the font size in arduino using the edit button. For no reason at all the characters had suddenly gotten huge. Every other app was ok. I also now have a black strip taking up about a 1/3 of the screen on my laptop for the sketches. First it took up 1/2. All other apps are still ok. How …

Yes just like that. Used the double headed arrow on the border to try to drag it down. I also had a computer guy trying the same thing. It is not working.

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[image] petercl14: I also now have a black strip taking up about a 1/3 of the screen on my laptop for the sketches. First it took up 1/2. It might be caused by your interface scale setting in the Arduino IDE. Increasing the interface scale causes everything in the Arduino IDE to get bigger, i…

Hi, The automatic box is checked. If I uncheck it 100% is showing. But as I am only getting arduino display on 2/3 of my laptop screen this is not 100%. So what do you suggest now? Should I try increasing to say 120%. But then you would think it is going to try to overlap on the screen. I don't wan…

Hi, My font size is 29. I am happy now with the size of my letters. I still have only 2/3 of Arduino showing in my lap top screen. The bottom 1/3 is a black strip. If I uncheck the automatic interface scale setting I get a manual setting of 100%. But I am not getting a full screen as this would sugg…

@petercl14 which version of the Arduino IDE are you using?

I don’t know which version it is. Where can I find the version then I will let you know, if this will help. Tried everything. Bottom third of lap top screen still black. Tried decrease indent in edit. Didn’t work. Double headed arrows doesn’t work. Living with it but would like full screen again. […

Arduino display only half a screen

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