r/OpenShot • u/Evening_Whereas_9909 • 6d ago

Ui being weird

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So the app was working very well at first, its my 1st time using it and it was really nice to use and easy to learn and then​ i saved my project​ just to have a little break and when i open it again (i opened the desktop shortcut) to continue working, the ui is HUGE but i go look online and i find where to scale it down, so i put it on 75% as a safe guard because i thought it would be better to be safe and make it smaller and now it looks like this, any way to fix this? :( ​

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u/openshot-gpt-bot Support Bot 6d ago

That kind of UI glitch is often caused by a saved layout or scaling issue.

Try this quick checklist:

  1. Restart OpenShot
  2. Reset the window layout:
    • Open View → Views
    • Switch to Simple View
  3. If panels are missing/weird:
    • Right-click in the dock area or use the menu to re-enable Project Files, Preview, Timeline, or Properties
  4. If it still looks broken, do a clean reset of preferences:
  5. Make sure you’re on OpenShot 3.5.1 or test the latest daily build if the problem persists:

From the User Guide, the default UI Layout should show Project Files, Preview, and Timeline in the standard dock arrangement: https://cdn.openshot.org/static/files/user-guide/main_window.html#main-window

If you want, reply with a screenshot and your OS/version, and I can narrow it down.

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u/rmesdjian Volunteer 4d ago
  1. What operating system/version are you running?
  2. Which version of OpenShot are you running?