Just started with Arduino downloaded IDE 2.3.6.
but the bottom half of IDE screen is below computer scteen.
How do you change it?
Tried adjusting in preferences but that does not work.
Found articals where it said edit preference.txt file, but that shows:-
{"partition":{"per_host_zoom_levels":{"4558267878797190312":{}}},"spellcheck":{"dictionaries":["en-US"],"dictionary":""}}
no Height or width settings
Another said edit settings.json file, there is no such file there is a config.json, changing values in there just get changed back when I openthe IDE
You should be able to just drag one of the corners in. The settings should get saved at next save or exit. You could also try toggling full screen mode with F11.
I don't use Windows, but settings.json should be in the arduinoIDE hidden folder which should be in your user folder, possibly in %appdata% (hopefully a Windows user can supply the correct path?).
preferences.txt is the file Arduino IDE 1.x uses to store the preferences data. Arduino IDE 2.x has a completely different preferences store, and doesn't use preferences.txt in any way. So the information you found about preferences.txt is not applicable to Arduino IDE 2.3.6.
That is the Preferences file, not the preferences.txt file the articles you found referred to.
It is actually not hidden on Windows. Unlike Linux and macOS, Windows doesn't give any special treatments to files that have a name starting with ..
Can't you just reduce the window size a bit, then drag the window up (using its title bar), to be able to show the lower corners? Once you do that, you can adjust size and position at your will: closing the IDE and restarting it, the window should keep your last position and size, no need to patch any file...
If the edges of the window are off the screen you can adjust the size and position of the window by pressing Alt + spacebar and then use the keyboard to change the size and/or position of the window
Once you can see all 4 edges of the window you can use the mouse as normal
No cannot get it to reduce the size, double arrow shows with mouse over on top both top corners and sides but NONE wil move.
Alt + spacebar selecting size will not move it.
Tried setting screen to very high resoltion, it still shows he same.
It is fixed at 95% of screen with 10% off the bottom.
Found "setting.json" file but the only setting in there was autoscale which was set to true changed to false but that made no difference/
Cannot find preference.txt have searched for it , been through all the arduino folders.
I don't know if I correctly explained how to get over this situation. If the problem is the lower part of the window falls below the screen, you just need to resize and/or move the window. Kust to know, maybe you recently changed your screen resolution or changed your monitor?
Anyway (make sure the window isn't "maximixed" because it prevents to be resized) I don't understand why dragging the title bar doesn't allow you to "pull up" the window enough to reach the bottom edge, but if the window vertical size is really large, you could simply reduce its size by dragging the top edge down (when the mouse shows the double arrow cursor) and then dragging the title bar up again, repeating the operation until you achieve the desired result.
If for any reason this doesn't work for you, from Windows 98 onwards, all windows have a "control box" in the top left corner, including the Arduino IDE, often shown like a small application icon. Clicking it opens a menu with which you can both "resize" the window (don't use the mouse to resize, use the arrow keys, in your case down arrow) or "move" it (again using the arrow keys).
If everything fails, if possible take a full screenshot of your display and post it here.
I think the problem is because I have the Text Size increasred. putting it back to 100% you can see all of it on the screen it is still large and you cannot reduce it.
Obiously Arduino have not programmed it to microsofts accessabilty requirements.
Hi @davidolw. What is the resolution of your screen (e.g., 1900 x 1200)? It is true that the Arduino IDE window has minimum dimensions below which it cannot be resized, but they are fairly small, so should be usable with common modern screen resolutions.