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Rocket5cientist

I started playing on a different OS recently, and now my board is too big for me to play without focus mode on. I tried to find the resize button, but it's not visible. I also tried zooming out, but that didn't work either. Can someone help?

baddogno

Sure.  If you run your cursor next to the h1 square on the lower right hand corner of the board, a small diagonal 2 headed arrow pops up.  The direction of one arrow shrinks it and the other enlarges.  I think you have to hold down a mouse button at the same time, but it's been over a minute since I did it and now I forget (I'm old...).  Fool around with it and you'll figure it out.

Rocket5cientist

I've tried to find that button, but it seems to move with the board, and in my case, the button is just out of my reach. Any other tips? If not, thank you for responding. happy.png

baddogno

It's a major pain to use, but I'll tell you what I do.   So you're moving your cursor around next to the h1 square and the little diagonal double headed arrow pops up, right?  Now if you slowly move the cursor toward it, suddenly the cursor also turns into a double headed arrow.  Center your cursor arrow on top of the board arrow and press your left mouse button.  You should now be able to resize the board by moving the mouse while continuing to press the button.  Can you imagine how proud the designer was of this?  "Yep, I've designed a totally intuitive way to resize the board."  Grrrrr....

baddogno

And here's chess.com's take on it...

https://support.chess.com/article/632-how-do-i-change-my-board-size

Good luck!

Rocket5cientist

This is what my screen looks like. I've tried to find the button, but the h1 square is out of reach. It looks like I can, but It's not working.

baddogno

Oh...Yeah the icon is approximately next to the base of the rook.  I'm stumped.  Try writing Support and include the screen shot.  Probably take at least a week, but someone should know.  Sorry I couldn't help.

manekapa

What is your browser zoom percentage set at?

You should try another browser to see if this issue is browser related.

Rocket5cientist

@baddogno - It's no problem. Thanks for trying to help! @manekapa - It's currently at 100%, and I tried zooming out to 30%. Doesn't seem to help.

Rocket5cientist

Update: I rebooted the computer, and the board fits fine now. Thanks for your help!

Telnetdoogie

How did the screen get that way? Like I would understand you had big screen or a custom board, but how did the squares get bigger?