How can i change the scaling KDE Plasma. Everything looks too big after changing my laptop's display

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Installed the lastest version of manjaro KDE Plasma after changing my laptop’s display. Everything looks too big and i cant change my resolution from 1366 X 768 (683:384).
Here’s my display specs

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
   1366x768      59.99*+  40.00  
   1280x720      59.99  
   1024x768      59.99  
   800x600       59.99  
   640x480       59.99  
HDMI-A-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Everything looks too big on my screen, in windows(with same display) i usually keep my scaling to 125% and i would like it to be the same in here.

If this global scale feature would go less than 100%, i think that would’ve fixed my problem.
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Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks!!

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if the picture is accurate, than everything is looking good…
go to system settings/fonts and check ‘force font dpi’ and set it to 80 for example, click apply, and see if that helped

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no this doesnt help, it only changes the font size i think.
The picture accurate.
Look at this image
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see the firefox’s title bar and my task bar and the whole screen looks so big, i just want all this to get smaller a bit. In Windows OS i used to changed the scaling and in the previous manjaro version i was able to lower the scaling but now i cant. idk if its a because of the latest version or my new display.

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if your previous manjaro was also kde, you couldnt go below 100 in global scale from system settings…
in firefox go to settings/more tools/customize toolbar and uncheck ‘title bar’ click done; also change the density to normal;
right click on the panel, select enter edit mode and change panel height

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Thanks, I have fixed the title.

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Thanks for the tips but i still have to use my firefox and other apps in 80% zoomed out.
These fixes are limited to one or two applications. But all my application looks bigger or upscaled. Isnt there any way to just make my screen zoomed out a little bit?

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try this command:
xrandr --output eDP --scale 1.2x1.2

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I tried this and it fixed my issue but my task bar seems to be misplaced and everything resets after the restart.

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and if you try this:
xrandr --output eDP --scale 1.5x1.5
did this setting also misplace your panel?

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Yes this one too.
but i tried 1.1x1.1 and this one completely fixes my issue.

xrandr --output eDP --scale 1.1x1.1

Can you tell me how i can keep this setting as default so that i dont have to configure my screen everytime i restart my machine?

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Try this:

In the /etc/environment file put this line:

PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING=1

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to make it permanent you need to use a script … install: arandr, and try with it

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okay, this works.

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Woah!! Thank you so much. This worked like a charm.

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