Bug 508596

Summary: NumberBoxes are too small in Display Configuration for Scale and Brightness
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Shaun Roselt <shaunroselt>
Component: kcm_kscreenAssignee: kscreen-bugs-null <kscreen-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: minor CC: kdedev, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: CachyOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: NumberBoxes are too small in Display Configuration for Scale and Brightness

Description Shaun Roselt 2025-08-22 12:02:14 UTC
Created attachment 184343 [details]
NumberBoxes are too small in Display Configuration for Scale and Brightness

SUMMARY

NumberBoxes are too small in Display Configuration for Scale and Brightness when you set your scale to 50% and font size to 23pt.

Look at attached screenshot.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Plug in a 1080p 27" Monitor
2.  Set Scale to 50%
3.  Set Font Size to 23pt
4. Look at NumberBoxes. The "50%" text isn't fitting in it.

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.2-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-08-25 22:33:32 UTC
This is the same issue as bug 508595. When applying 16 point size or greater, the System Settings page has a warning at this stage "Very large fonts may produce odd looking results. Instead of using a very large font size, consider adjusting the global screen scale". This is, unfortunately, a limitation of the window manager code.