Steam
Any way to zoom in?
any way to zoom in and or make more use of this empty space?
Discussion
they need to remake the UI
They slowly doing that hope they do it here to
don't monkeys paw us
What would you change in this?
Make it two columns instead of one. Or have the number of columns scale with your monitor. I have an ultrawide and the unused space in Steam is egregious.
God no, this is an awful idea...
Would you see both columns at once? Would each column have its own scroll?
I understand the "need" for filling the space but there's no logical reason to do so.
Obviously yeah, they’d be side by side. The page would scroll just like it normally does.
The logical reason is to have less unused space. To show double the amount of information on screen.
To scroll less? What's the problem with scrolling to see the next ones?
Go back to 4:3
will try
portrait instead of landscape monitor is better solution!
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Actually I have a good idea. Rotate the monitor!! Think of all the screen real estate you get for Discord and the Hub!!
Ngl, i love 4:3 having some niche advantage over wide monitors.
4:3 is amazing. I was being serious
Its a big problem.
I can never read a single one of the shop “deluxe edition” details in the client, or many updates, because the image text is so small centered in the middle and unzoomable.
Lean forward and/or squint
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Big Picture Mode 😎
works very well, just not used to the interface.
It's the same as the Steam Deck.
planning to buy one, just waiting for next version.
That will be a long while.
If you want a steam deck but "better" as in more powerful there is plenty of other handheld pcs out there and most if not all are compatible with steamOS (linux) aswell.
Optionally you could also just setup steam to automatically open in big picture mode in start-up to essentially get the steam deck experience.
i heard they're releasing a new steam deck within 2-3 years. even if thats not the case, i'm not in a hurry as i'm not traveling much atm.
Transcend the need for a monitor at all by plugging your gpu into your brain directly
just tried, edges are still empty :(
Set your resolution to 720p /s
didn't work, should i try 30 fps next?
Rotate your monitor 90 degrees
actually genius not even joking.
wonder how the rest of steam is gonna look tho.
just rotated my monitor, this looks way better. thanks for the suggestion.
And now you play all of your games like that
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hold control and press +
Ctrl + Scrollwheel?
doesn't work sadly
Aaah bummer.
Yeah it's a shame that doesn't work definitely zooms the page fine in a regular browser though
Considering how much of the app works like a browser, that surprised me (negatively).
Use it via the browser rather than the client then. Or you could reduce your monitor's resolution.
Not sure why you're being downvoted, the issue is Steam's internal browser doesn't support zooming. Use a browser that does?
Try Ctrl-+
doesnt work in the client
I think you can change the UI scale in the settings, no idea if it affects to shop tho
couldn't find
You need to enable steam beta client. Then in settings you get accessability -> UI Scale. This was literally added yesterday.
There's a toggle in steam's settings to use your desktop scaling settings for text and other UI elements.
You can change your windows scaling in windows' Accessibility settings, but it is global, meaning all apps that scale with your windows setting will also be using that multiplier.
If other apps are sized improperly for you or hard to read, you can try that instead of the command line shenanigans. If you've increased the zoom on your browser or any other app, the setting multiplies that as well, so you'll have to scale back within the app. For instance in your browser: Ctrl + scroll wheel back to 100%
Steam Beta has a new UI scale feature in the accessibility tab, dont know if its good tho
You can use Big picture mode to see everything biggerits at the top right of the window, at the right of your profile icon
Have you tried to upscale the resolution from windows settings
Your face. Closer to screen. /s
Browse the store on the website
Ultra wide screen... Just move the window to one side of the screen.
That's not ultrawide, that's just high resolution. It's the same on my 16:9 1440p
This wouldn’t make it bigger though
too poor :'(
İf you have a touchpad, like in laptops, use the pinch zoom function. It zooms in the page no problem.
use your internet browser for browsing the store, can also benefit form augmented steam that way
Maybe a generational thing, but just make the window smaller or run at a lower resolution. If everything you do on your computer is zoomed in, you are running a resolution too "small" for you.
I understand the argument of wasted screen real estate, but by zooming in you are actually wasting more by seeing less at a time, albeit bigger, hence the resolution point.
yeah i should've mentioned that bigger text would improve reading a lot.
which is actually my main concern.
Ctrl +
doesn't work on steam, only in browser.
Yeah sadly you can only zoom in browser. I think its wild for steam not to implement zooming in/out.
Can't believe no one knows the real solution: paste this line into Steam's properties.
-forcedesktopscaling 1.25
You can change the number any way you want, in the range 0-1.
does it still work? i thought it didnt any more after that big steam client update
this doesn't seem to work, but must be something on my end, will look further into this, thanks!
I have it working on my end. Right-click the desktop icon for Steam, click properties, and in the target field after the path for your Steam.exe, put
-forcedesktopscaling 1.25
and it should work. Just make sure you fully restart your client and try to always launch it from the desktop shortcut.
This works! I used 1.5 cause I have big 1440p monitors and bad eyes
Use steam.db
Browse the store in your web browser and use the browser zoom settings
Binoculars.
Try scaling windows to 150 or 200% if you're on a larger monitor. Right click on desktop - display settings - choose your display if you have multiple -scroll down to scale and layout and select 150 or 200% for scale.
Idk how no one said this but new steam beta just added scaling so. Just switch to steam beta and change zoom in accessibility settings.
Steam UI is not that great
Big picture mode?
I use the website so I can zoom in. It's a little annoying, but you can use the steamdb extension which you can't use in the client (as far as I know) so it's worth it.
I can zoom in just fine on my phone 🗿
Open Steam in browser
open it in your browser and zoom in there
Maybe ctrl and +-?
Use your web browser
Are you running 4k?
No, 1080p
Switch to linux
tiling window manager
Here ya go, hope this helps /s
Amazing, how did u do it?
Unfortunately this is one of the website pages which needs to support various browser sizes, including mobile.
It is very difficult to support a wide range of sizes. This solution is the simplest.
Multiple column layout that dynamically adjusts as you size is more difficult to do than a single column one, and makes future changes to the UI more difficult.
Same for the achievement popup. That opens below the header, adds its own header and below the steam download footer. So you end up with 5 visible achievements...
There's not a good solution unfortunately. And every time I find something slightly more legible, steam resets next time it boots up 🗣️
'Win' and '+'
open it in your browser and yes I know, Steam can never remember your login data... -.-
People full screen Steam?
If you have a touchpad you can two finger zoom
Just buy two more monitors, stack them and set them to 4:3 for an optimal Steam Store scrolling experience.
You can use a theme through css loader
Could always use your web browser to see the store and just hold ctrl + mwheelup/down to zoom.
open steam on browser instead so you can zoom in
Does ctrl+plus work?
not sure if you have checked this. go to steam settings>interface>scale text and icons to match monitor settings(requires restart)
try to on and off the settings to see if it works
sadly doesn't work :(
Can you windows key + the plus(+)
Ctrl+Mouse wheel maybe?
Posts like this are why I came back to reddit
I used to open steam's web version and zoom in lol
open in broswer hold CTRL+scroll up/down on mouse
Open it in the browser then ctrl +
Change windows scaling settings and steam should follow
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Looks like plenty of room to add ads.
Thankfully with valve they aren't really into ruining the experience.
On laptops, the pinch zoom from the trackpad works wonders for this.
Not sure what the KBM equivalent for that would be. Ctrl and + doesn't work, neither does Ctrl and mouse-wheel
Adjust your Windows scaling for that display.
unfortunately did nothing to steam :(
In display settings click on desktop, an in the size of the text make set it to 175 or 150.
does not work sadly. but also would screw up everything else.
Sorry about that.
no problem, thanks for suggesting!
The feature works on any app. Just search for Magnifier in the search bar.
yes, but its very clunky and the text is not as sharp. also weird on dual monitor setup.
Oh, okay.
Turn your monitor 90°
Try holding control and scrolling up. Should work as the steam client is basically a glorified browser (I mean, you can fucking watch YouTube with it)
yeah others suggested this aswell, doesn't work sadly, thanks tho.
Not a problem on my 640x480 monitor
what do you actually expect to have in that space though?
CTRL + '+ key'
These empty spaces need to be filled with ads for some crappy mobile game
Windows has a built it magnifying glass app In start menu (what opens after pressing windows key) look up magnifying glass Or scroll trough the app list in the start menu (in Windows 11 its in a folder called accessibility, forgot how that folder is called on windows 10)
Use your phone or switch Resolutions
Edit the photo? It's fairly easy to crop the photo yourself or take a scrolling screenshot on mobile
its not about this specific picture, just browsing games on steam in general.
First world problems
yes
windows has a dedicated zoom feature. Hold the windows button and press the + key
doesn't work on steam sadly :'(
Isn’t it just a regular web page? Ctrl + mouse wheel should work
no, this is steam client
It is, and it isn't. Yeah it's a regular web page and that works in most browsers but the steam client doesn't support that feature.
1024x768 will fix it
and will unfix everything else :D
lol that's kind of the point
Take a pic on your phone and zoom in every time
finally a solution, thanks.
real solution
Create a shortcut for Steam, open properties on the shortcut, and in the "target" put this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -forcedesktopscaling 1.3
Change 1.3 to whatever looks good on your PC. Change the Steam location if that's not where you installed it. Add the shortcut to your taskbar or where you generally access Steam from.
Thank you so much for this. I was looking for a solution (see what i did there) for AGES. I wasn't aware it would be that simple. THANK YOU
Here is an updoot and a comment so I can find it when I get home later if it works I'll tell my friend who is a bit..... Older... This trick so he can see steam better :) will comment if I get working
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checked steam location etc, doesn't seem to work for me. thanks tho
If you're on a windows 10/11 PC, it should work.
You can copy/paste the target from your original steam.exe properties. Make sure you have the quotes, hyphen, and spaces formatted properly and that you're booting steam from the shortcut and not the original exe. Quit steam entirely first.
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yeah i've done it exactly as you explained, could it be something blocking it on my end, stuff like windows debloaters or any other settings?
You can't do it on the steam.exe itself, you have to do it on a shortcut, if you autostart Steam with Windows, it would be best to set it directly on the autostart shortcut so it starts right up with the proper scaling.
Edit: To open the folder with the autostart shortcut you can press Win+R and type in
shell:startup, in that folder find steam and edit the shortcut.yes, right click on desktop => new => shortcut => paste: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -forcedesktopscaling 1.3
right?
edit: with the picture i'm trying to show that steam is in the correct location.
Did you exit Steam completely and then launch it again? I would be surprised if this would apply to an already running instance of Steam.
Yeah would absolutely have to fully restart
yes, even reboot pc, still nothing.
I created a shortcut on the desktop to the exe file without the double quotation marks, so the shortcut path is for me:
F:\Programs\Steam\steam.exe -forcedesktopscaling 2.0if you have a 4K monitor you won't notice small changes like 1.1 or 1.2. start with 4.0 just cause it easier to see if you managed to make it works, after that play with the values
you skipped the step where you need to make a shortcut.
He didn't.
yes he did, in the photo he sent, he’s clearly on the direct exe for steam, not a shortcut.
Did you read this part?
yes, right click on desktop => new => shortcut => paste: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -forcedesktopscaling 1.3
Or this?
edit: with the picture i'm trying to show that steam is in the correct location.
There's a shortcut icon on the steam icon in the properties window
Doesn't work for me too. Windows 11, restarted Steam, restarted PC, ran shortcut from Steam folder, ran shortcut from desktop.
Hey Heimerdinger, does that work for every windows program? I would like to scale a little Toon Boom Harmony and actually never found a solution for it.
It does not, the launch options you can pass to the executable depend on the program
😭😭😭 Thanks for answering
Fantastic! My aging eyes thank you.
You can just use the camera app zoom in and use it like a magnifying glass also