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Anonymous

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Menu bar fonts are too small

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
August 12, 2020
19 replies
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All I want is to increase the font size of items in the menu bar.

NOT ALL TEXT.

JUST THE MENU BAR.

The one at the top of the page. They are things like FILE, EDIT, HELP, etc.

I do NOT need to know how to enlarge type on the screen. I can do that. I simply cannot see the menu bar well even with glasses.

Does anybody know how to do this?

Thanks.

Correct answer Claire H.

Hi @Boo_Nilsson, Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. I understand how frustrating it can be when the menu bar fonts are too small and strain your eyes, especially during long editing sessions. Comfort and accessibility matter, and your experience is important to us.

I'd like to suggest submitting this as a feature request on our Lightroom Ideas page so that it gets proper visibility with our product team:

https://adobe.ly/3U56v9k

When you create your idea post, I'd recommend including:

Your display resolution and scaling settings
Which specific menus or UI elements feel too small
What size or behavior you'd prefer to see

Feature requests that receive community votes get prioritized by our team, so this is the best way to make your voice heard and help shape future updates.

In the meantime, you might try adjusting the Interface font size under Edit → Preferences → Interface (or Lightroom → Preferences on Mac) — there are options to increase the text size that may help with readability.

Thank you again for being part of our community and helping us improve Lightroom! ^CH

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Boo_Nilsson

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5 years later and Adobe is still ignoring this huge

problem!

Claire H.

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Community Manager

Hi @Boo_Nilsson, Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. I understand how frustrating it can be when the menu bar fonts are too small and strain your eyes, especially during long editing sessions. Comfort and accessibility matter, and your experience is important to us.

I'd like to suggest submitting this as a feature request on our Lightroom Ideas page so that it gets proper visibility with our product team:

https://adobe.ly/3U56v9k

When you create your idea post, I'd recommend including:

Your display resolution and scaling settings
Which specific menus or UI elements feel too small
What size or behavior you'd prefer to see

Feature requests that receive community votes get prioritized by our team, so this is the best way to make your voice heard and help shape future updates.

In the meantime, you might try adjusting the Interface font size under Edit → Preferences → Interface (or Lightroom → Preferences on Mac) — there are options to increase the text size that may help with readability.

Thank you again for being part of our community and helping us improve Lightroom! ^CH

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tjmitche

Participant

It's sad that it's almost 2025 and this is still occurring. I should not have to set my 4k secondary monitor to the primary monitor to resolve this issue.

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Larry322204552yoq

Participant

I also have the same issue using Photoshop. I shouldn't have to make the cumbersome change in Windows software in order to solve the problem. After using Photoshop, I have to go back and reset the software. What is wrong with Adobe that they can't fix this, especially for an app that is so widely used, and so expensive??? I'm very dissappointed with this. Is anyone aware of a different app that would be a suitable substitute for Photoshop?

Majestic_Sunshine5CBB

Participant

Same problem - micro menus on laptop. Here's how I fixed it. In Lightroom, Edit : Preferences : Text Size : 300%, shut lightroom and reopen.

nice_mentors0D44

Inspiring

I don't have that option. Current versions, Mac.

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BenNakagawa

Participant

Same issue. It's Ok with FHD screen but way too small and not scaling on 4K monitor.
Other app like office does scale the text set to display setup but not just Adobe apps. It is very annoying. It's not OS, just app deos not horner the scaling setup like others.

JP Hess

Inspiring

I don't believe those can be controlled by anything within the Lightroom program. Those are standard menus governed by the operating system you are using, and would be controlled by your operating system.

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Anonymous

My operating system is fine. I can see all my menus just fine. LR and PS are way too small, way too hard to select and the fact that nobody can explain exactly how to change this on the only program that is a problem speaks poorly of Adobe. This is beyond stupid and Adobe needs to address this. Thanks for your help, though.

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