Vscode: Not all rulers are being displayed when using zoom level less than 0

[johncruise]

• VSCode Version: 1.4.0-insider (2016-07-22T05:07:03.113Z)
• OS Version: Windows 7

Steps to Reproduce:

1. In settings, setup editor.rulers to [71, 99]
2. Setup window.zoomLevel to -1
3. Setup editor.fontSize to 13
4. Reload Window
5. Open any file
6. Open split editor window (ctrl+)

After above, most of the time the 2nd ruler at the left window does not show up. This only started manifesting on newer version (no problem with older version)

[kieferrm]

It seems that there are general issues with multiple rulers when the zoom level is -1 depending on how wide an editor is.

[johncruise]

Thank you for confirming. The show-and-tell screenshot is very informative RE: how to get around this. Unfortunately, in my environment the left pane doesn't show the other ruler no matter how I resize the width. What I end up doing (to get a side-by-side code experience) is open the 3rd/last editor pane and minimize the width of the left most. Ugly solution but it works.

Please keep the bug open until there's a permanent fix. Thanks for the support.

[alexdima]

I think this is how Chromium deals with a 1px vertical line when it is zoomed below 100%. My recommendation is to not use window.zoomLevel.

[johncruise]

Not using window.zoomLevel as a solution is not enticing in my case. The reason why I use it is because all the window component of vscode are a tad big for my taste (icons, folder or solution view, etc) and although I like to see them all the time so I can navigate through my files, they are just taking too much space.

I will only go back to 100% zoom level if there's a way for me to customize font size of the other elements of the window that is not tied up to the editor window's font.

Nevertheless, thanks for the follow up.

[alexdima]

:+1: I would also like a way to customize the font size of other elements of the window. Please create an issue for that so I can upvote it :). The zoom level is a cheap trick that causes multiple problems, such as this one, or breaking antialising, etc.

[johncruise]

I'll create one. Thanks for the recommendation.

[eldarshamukhamedov]

Here is @johncruise's followup ticket: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10605. How do you guys feel about allowing the ruler width to be styled via themes? Could be a quick fix for the relatively small group of users who are affected by this.

[alexdima]

The same happens when using for example the Zoom Level on Windows to something like 125%. Some rulers are 1px wide and some are 2px wide depending on how the rulers align with the screen pixels:

When Windows is set to 125% and window.zoomLevel: -2:

Thanks to the help from @fj128 in discussions in #28542 , we have a plan on how to workaround this.

[alexdima]

With the technique discussed in #28542:

When Windows is set to 125% and window.zoomLevel: 0:

When Windows is set to 125% and window.zoomLevel: -2:

[KernelDeimos]

Why is this closed? I have no idea what to do about this. Is it possible to configure the thickness of the ruler?

[fj128]

Not a maintainer, but from what I understand, it is closed because it has
been fixed and now we just wait for the next release.

On 3 Jul 2017 12:11 am, "Eric Dubé" [e-mail] wrote:

Why is this closed? I have no idea what to do about this. Is it possible
to configure the thickness of the ruler?

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