Why does Interface Scaling also scale the canvas?

11.0.0.16171
Mac OS 15.3

Using the View → Interface Scale → Increase/Decrease Scale is a great feature because currently, Lunacy has too many floating UI elements that don’t have enough customization, like being able to move the toolbar wherever we want, or changing it from vertical to horizontal (it would be nice if it had it’s own independent sizing as well).

I don’t know what this panel is called, but it’d be nice to be able to hide it as well. I never use the other panels except the Layers, so it’s more horizontal space it’s taking up.

Since the only things we can turn off are things we actually need (the “Left Panel” which contains the Layers, the “Right Panel” which contains most of the functionality of the selected element, and the “Toolbar.”), I think adding in the less used panels would be nice additions, such as the far left vertical menu (from the screenshot). Oh, and the “Upscale Image” button. It’s really annoying when something I want to click on is behind it, so I have to click somewhere else to deselect the image, and then click on whatever was hiding behind the “Upscale Image” button.

If we could hide the far left vertical menu, and move the toolbar/change it’s orientation, that’s quite a bit of horizontal space we’d get back.

Since I don’t see those options coming anytime soon, if ever (Sorry @Ivan8, I know we’ve had this discussion before haha), it would be nice if at least changing the UI size did not change the canvas size as well. I understand that even though it shrinks the canvas, the elements are still their actual size (So, a 100x100 pixel square is still 100x100 pixels, it’s just following the UI scale), but it’d be nice if the canvas retained it’s actual size.

So, I found this post (Interface Scaling also scales viewport - #9 by MarcusK) referencing the same issue from May 2024. Apparently this is still a bug because with the latest version, I’m experiencing the same thing.

Hey there,

In the current version only the UI elements should be zoomed in, rather than the entire interface. Could you check if you have this issue on the latest macOS 11.0.0.16180 beta, please? You will need to download the installer directly from our website, reinstall Lunacy and then enable beta updates: Help → About → :ballot_box_with_check:Check for Beta Updates.