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Windows 11 menuitems is very narrow
drjackool
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Hi
Menu items in Win11 is very narrow and ugly specially when highlighted. Is there a way in my app (win32)
make them height bigger?
thanks
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
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![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(92.8, 12%, 18%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EDL%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
David Lowndes 4,726 Reputation points2021-11-07T21:14:34.33+00:00 If you do so, then your application won't look consistent with others.
If I were you, I'd put up with it - MS may change things again in a future update. -
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(118.4, 47%, 21%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EPM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
PengGe-MSFT 3,381 Reputation points2021-11-08T01:36:12.307+00:00 Hi,@drjackool
Your issue is related to Windows. I have removed the vs-general tag and added the Windows-11 tag. -
Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points2021-11-08T07:25:49.64+00:00 Is there a way in my app (win32)make them height bigger?
You can change the size with OD Menus (WM_MEASUREITEM)
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