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fix(desktop): default UI scale 90% → 100% (fonts read too small) #807

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions ui-desktop/electron/zoom.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ test('storage key stays stable so persisted zoom survives upgrades', () => {
assert.equal(ZOOM_STORAGE_KEY, 'clawcodex:desktop:zoomLevel')
})

test('default zoom matches the Appearance 90% preset', () => {
test('default zoom matches the Appearance 100% preset', () => {
assert.equal(ZOOM_STEP, 0.1)
assert.equal(zoomLevelToPercent(DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL), 90)
assert.equal(DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, percentToZoomLevel(90))
assert.equal(zoomLevelToPercent(DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL), 100)
assert.equal(DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, percentToZoomLevel(100))
})

test('clampZoomLevel rejects garbage and enforces bounds', () => {
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions ui-desktop/electron/zoom.ts
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Expand Up @@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
* Chromium actual-size baseline); Chromium's internal unit is the zoom level,
* where factor = 1.2 ^ level.
*
* Our shipped default is the Appearance 90% preset — tight enough to feel
* denser than Chromium 100%, and selected in the UI Scale control on first run.
* Our shipped default is the Appearance 100% preset — Chromium's actual-size
* baseline. The reference implementation shipped a denser 90%, which reads
* too small on typical displays; users who prefer dense can pick 90% in the
* UI Scale control (or Ctrl/Cmd+-), and the choice persists.
*/

export const ZOOM_STORAGE_KEY = 'clawcodex:desktop:zoomLevel'
Expand All @@ -18,8 +20,8 @@ const MAX_ZOOM_LEVEL = 9
/** Half Chromium's default step; matching the shortcuts and View menu. */
export const ZOOM_STEP = 0.1

/** Appearance 90% preset. Fresh installs + Actual Size / Ctrl+0. */
export const DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL = Math.log(0.9) / Math.log(ZOOM_FACTOR_BASE)
/** Appearance 100% preset. Fresh installs + Actual Size / Ctrl+0. */
export const DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL = 0

export function clampZoomLevel(value) {
if (!Number.isFinite(value)) {
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ui-desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function ThemePreview({ name, mode }: { name: string; mode: 'light' | 'dark' })
}

// UI scale presets, as zoom percentages. 100 is Chromium's actual-size
// baseline; the shipped default is the 90% preset. Ids double as the percent
// baseline and the shipped default. Ids double as the percent
// values sent to the main process. A Cmd/Ctrl +/- step landing between
// presets highlights nothing, and the row description keeps showing the
// exact current percent.
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