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Message Filter window is too large for monitor and can't be reduced so you can OK the filter and save it

buckeyejim3
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I use a 32" monitor. In Thunderbird, I want to create some Message Filters. I bring up the Message Filter window and enter a filter. When I go to click the OK button to save the filter, I cannot see the button on the screen so I try to scroll the window via the scroll bars to find it but it won't scroll. I next try to shrink the window by using the CTRL key plus the mouse scroll wheel but nothing happens.

I cannot see any way to create and save Message Filters in Thunderbird unless the window can be reduced. Why does Thunderbird NOT use Windows facilities? I can generally shrink or expand a window by the Windows facility of CTRL + scroll wheel, but not so in Thunderbird.

I need some direction, please.

I use a 32" monitor. In Thunderbird, I want to create some Message Filters. I bring up the Message Filter window and enter a filter. When I go to click the OK button to save the filter, I cannot see the button on the screen so I try to scroll the window via the scroll bars to find it but it won't scroll. I next try to shrink the window by using the CTRL key plus the mouse scroll wheel but nothing happens. I cannot see any way to create and save Message Filters in Thunderbird unless the window can be reduced. Why does Thunderbird NOT use Windows facilities? I can generally shrink or expand a window by the Windows facility of CTRL + scroll wheel, but not so in Thunderbird. I need some direction, please.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Does the same thing happen in Help/Troubleshoot Mode? Do you have a non-default scale setting in Windows Settings?

buckeyejim3
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Thank you for your response. In Troubleshoot mode, the same thing happens:

When I open the Message filter window and click NEW, the resulting window opens up larger than the monitor screen. I do have a non-default scale setting, but this does not prevent me from enlarging and shrinking a window in other apps using the CTRL+mouse scroll wheel. It just doesn't work in Thunderbird.

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