The whole interface got incredibly HUGE

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#1

Today I opened the app and the interface I was presented to was just sooo unnecessarily big, I’d love to make it smaller.

It’s not just the icons, it’s also the dialogues and most other things:

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I found a dirty trick launching the application with SAL_FORCEDPI=100 libreoffice --writer
but it’s more of an emergency monkey-patching, as all the spacing is still very wrong and some dialogues don’t even work.

Any ideas?

❯ libreoffice --version
LibreOffice 24.8.4.2 480(Build:2)

OS: Kubuntu trixie/sid (oracular) x86_64
Host: 20FAS2VE00 ThinkPad T460s
Kernel: 6.11.0-14-generic
Shell: zsh 5.9
DE: Plasma 6.1.5 [KF5 ] [Qt ] (wayland)
WM: kwin_wayland_wr
#2

You tagged base but your screenshot does not look like a database front-end component window. It is more like a Writer window. Do you in fact mean the problem is common to all components (Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Writer)?

#3

TIL about base, I always somehow assumed it meant “the base application in common with all the components”. You really never stop learning! :smiley:

Well, do I have to open another ticket, should I change the tag or should I upload a new screenshot with a Base instance?

#4

Just retag.

#5

Thanks everyone for all your very helpful answ- no wait I ended up fixing it on my own.
I’ll reveal the answer after 30 comment saying “this forum sucks”

[spoiler]
nah, I’m kidding, here it is:

on Ubuntu:

  • type the application name
  • right click on the app
  • application tab
  • click on environment variable and paste this: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3
  • profit

have a nice day and don’t be like the other users of this place
[/spoiler]

#6

Did you try also kf5, as gtk seems to be unusual, when using KDE?

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