UI Scaling in InDesign | Scale user interface based on screen resolution

I thought your name looked familiar. 😞

Between system/OS settings, video adapter settings, sometimes monitor settings, and app settings, there is almost never a situation where a fairly well optimized display can't be obtained. But it rarely comes from raging at everyone in every venue.

If you are using a fairly cheap TV with no input or optimzation for monitor/PC use, there may be no better solution. TVs and computer monitors are not the same animal; while nearly all monitors can be used as a TV screen, not all TVs have the input circuitry and resolution (or just resolution management) to allow high-density computer display.

Well, note that this is a somewhat dusty thread, which is both a year and a half old from origin and has been superseded by a number of "better" ones that go into more detail about the options and alternatives for every system variation.

But no, no overwhelming majority of InDesign users is completely happy with the UI scalability. I think most, except some in certain niche situations, can use a combination of system, OS and app settings to achieve a harmonious balance, especially by setting multiple saved workspaces focused on different workflows. While it would be nice to have one master menu to rule them all, I can't think of many complex apps (even games) that do.

I share your bafflement at people who do this on a laptop screen, and agree that any system interface scaling and management system should accommodate secondary and multiple monitors gracefully. As someone who's been using multiple monitors since such advancements were written up in the magazines, and dealt with any number of "incompatibilities" from era to era and system to system, such things should be as transparent as they are at most modern OS/system levels. And, IME, they are, even when (as until recently) a monitor array was more complex than two or three current-generation devices and GPUs.

That said, I'd have some questions about your "TV sized display." TVs are TVs. Computer monitors are computer monitors. Using a device optimized in many ways for TV viewing for a computer, especially for the super-detailed, fine-control end of computer use, and not for (say) mega-gaming) is not always a satisfactory option. Size alone doesn't bring display clarity, and TVs often lack intermediate resolutions and detail enhancement necessary to get things like fonts and guidelines optimally crisp at a reasonable display scale.

Maybe I am misreading your post, but if you aren't running at least 4K resolution, on a screen no bigger than 30 inches, of a monitor that has optimized support for computer display... in 2023... then I'd mildly suggest your problems may not be with InDesign, as constricted as some of its abilities still are.

Hey Windows,

I don't think so, from our friends (?) at Adobe.

But you have Scaling settings under Display, right? You could scale all views at one time. It's under Scale and layout.

Which is another thing that I was hoping Apple would incorporate.

But no, that's not in the Monterey "update" either.... Maybe they've been hiring "engineers" from Adobe...

Hi there,

We are aware of this issue on the Mac platform. The increment of jump from one stop to the next is quite big.
We've plans to address this in a future update. But right now, please select the stop on the UI slider that suits you the most.
You can also change the scaled resolution on you Mac (under System Preferences > Displays) to see if choosing another scaled resolution helps resolving this issue.

Please don't forget to share your feedback on our UserVoice page ( https://indesign.uservoice.com/ ).  This way, you will keep getting all the updates related to this feature and other users can also upvote, which would help us prioritize.

Regards,

Srishti