# How do I get threads readable,

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641 "2024-04-23T02:46:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641/1 "2024-04-23T02:46:10Z")

</div>

So I took a break. came back and now, every thread I try to read, is about 3.5 inches wide on my 17’’ laptop. How do I get it readable without a million scroll downs.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641/2 "2024-04-23T11:10:17Z")

</div>

That sounds like your zoom settings are messed up for this site.

Pressing Ctrl+0 (zero) usually resets your zoom settings. Though you may then need to hold down Ctrl and Scroll to adjust it more.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641/3 "2024-05-03T03:21:33Z")

</div>

No way to get the actual screen through, but here is no zoom I can find on ctr[0] or anything else that activates.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641/4 "2024-05-03T11:19:51Z")

</div>

The zoom controls in Windows are ctrl numeric pad zero, ctrl numeric pad minus and ctrl numeric pad plus, to reset zoom, zoom out and zoom in.  
Whatever you do in other os’s or if you don’t have a numeric pad, I don’t know. I guess there will be a menu in the browser.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641/5 "2024-05-03T11:30:22Z")

</div>

Try a different browser and see if you have the same issue on that. It’s not a fix but a troubleshooting step to figure out where the issue might lie.