My browsers won't use my full screen resolution and also use different resolutions between them
Solution 1
Possible Problem
This is most likely an issue caused by Window 8.1 "Display Scaling" feature. See a relevant post in the Google Chrome forum.
Possible Solution
Try disabling this feature for your browsers. For example, locate the Chrome executable which is commonly found in %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Google/Chrome/Application/
. Right click the file, select "Properties" and then under the "Compatibility" tab tick the box saying "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"
Solution 2
Well, it’s pretty obvious this is yet another example of DPI scaling gone horribly wrong.
Chrome is party to blame too. According to this article, there are (well, were) some possible workarounds.
- Disable DPI scaling in Chrome’s compatibility settings (Properties on executable or shortcuts)—last resort “solution”
- Go to chrome://flags and enable experimental Windows HiDPI support. (Gone now, apparently)
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Load the following
.reg
file:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\Profile] "high-dpi-support"=dword:00000001
A word of warning though: HiDPI is under development and has issues. If you cannot live with that, I suggest you try an alternate browser like Firefox. It’s supposed to have better DPI scaling support.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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curtis over 1 year
My screen resolution is actually 3200x1800, but when I'm in a browser it acts like I have a smaller resolution. How do I get my browsers to use my full resolution?
On Chrome it's using 1280x720, and on IE it's using 1600x900. According to whatismyscreenresolution.com, which is showing different values for different browsers. I took a screenshot of them and verified that my resolution is 3200x1800 as that is the pixels in the bitmap.
I'm on a laptop with no monitor plugged in. My zoom in both browsers is at 100%. I've tried zooming out below 100% but then the text is unreadable and pixellated. I've tried restarting. Windows 8.1. I've tried the chrome extension OptiZoom and it does nothing. document.body.clientWidth gives 1247, and I want it to give 3200.
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phuclv almost 10 yearsTry whatis.myscreenresolution.com it can detect the correct resolution even if you're on a hidpi monitor
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Secret almost 10 years@LưuVĩnhPhúc - It's actually whatismyscreenresolution.com. You have an extra
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phuclv almost 10 years@Bobson no it's actually a different website. whatismyscreenresolution.com cannot detect the real resolution while whatis.myscreenresolution.com can display the correct resolution when you're in hidpi mode like the OP
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gparyani over 6 yearsAre you affiliated with the software in that link? Unsolicited advertisements will be deleted as spam.