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[mrogers97]

This is my 2nd day on LabVIEW and it's pretty frustrating. How are we supposed to see what we're doing? There's tiny little icons and connections and I can't even hit ctrl+scroll up. I literally get a headache after 1-3 hours. For other reasons, I can't change the resolution on my screen either.

How is this intended? If it's not intended and there's a legitimate reason, then a huge popup should come up at the beginning and explain the reason because clearly others feel it's a bad design and the proper way to solve this problem isn't intuitive. Ctrl+Shift+N doesn't help -- it moves already small icons around the screen and they remain the same size.

LabVIEW sounded cool but now I'm just dreading it for the smallest, yet dealbreaking, reasons.

[altenbach]

This is the idea exchange. If you have a beginner question, please ask in the regular LabVIEW forum.

If you think you have a new and unique idea, it sometimes helps to do a quick search to see if it has already been suggested. Then read the full discussion first. 

[PaulG.]

I can't believe I actually need to suggest this, but try changing your screen resolution on your monitor.

[Manzolli]

Windows (I guess 7 and above) has two nice shortcuts that I use as a workaround:

[Windows key] + [+] to enlarge

[Windows key] + [-] to reduce

They launch automatically the magnifier program.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

LabVIEW is 29-year-old software written in a time when vector graphics were a pipe dream. It's mostly bit maps, and even the stuff that looks like vector doesn't have a scaling factor. A reworking of the entire user interface is something we have worked toward for a long time, but the work on it is muc slower than anyone would have predicted at the outset.

It's one of those things R&D wishes we could deliver faster.

This is a duplicate Idea so I'll flag it to be closed.

[Darren]

 Duplicate of http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Add-a-zoom-function-yes-I-said-zoom-So-sue-me/idi-p/91...