How do I access a compact view?

[Tyler]

I have visual issues and have to use large text on a low resolution monitor.  This results in a lot of wasted screen real estate, and makes it very hard to use the tools as they seem to be specifically geared for very large monitors.

How can I enable some kind of compact view that will reduce the amount of whitespace and condense controls, text, etc. into a denser format?

As an example, clicking on an issue in a search the issue viewport is only about 1/6 of the actual screen real estate, and I can only see a few lines of text or fields at a time due to the wasted white space.

If this isn't possible... why?  Accessibility should be a major focus for any enterprise web app offering, especially from large well established companies?

[Andy Heinzer]

Hi @Tyler,

I understand that you are using Jira Cloud in such a way that your monitor resolution is lower than typical, while the size of text is zoomed in via your browser for the sake of visibility and accessibility.  I can understand why this setup might cause a number of usability problems. I am interested to learn more details about your environment.

What is the resolution of your display?

I ask because our Atlassian Cloud products do have a noted minimum resolution of 1024x768 in order to make sure that all the elements of the page will render as expected.  Also that is with the assumption that the browser view is not zooming in.  Given what you have stated, the monitor resolution might have to increase above that minimum such that the zoomed in text can still render the expected elements on the page.

Also, could you let us know what kind of device you use to access Jira?  Is this a Desktop machine, or do you primarily use a mobile device (like a smartphone or tablet)?

I am curious to know more about your setup.  Perhaps if I can learn more, I can then replicate the behavior here.

Thanks

Andy