
The real reason behind why VSCode seemed to go haywire on me
May 28th, 2020
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A couple of weeks ago, when I launched one of my projects with VS Code
’s
Live Server
, everything seemed so small and unintelligible all of
a sudden. I couldn’t figure out why things were rendering so queerly in the
browser. Because I could not figure out the culprit, I switched over to
WebStorm
.
I do love WebStorm
for some things, but I also love VS Code
for
others. Depending on what I am working on, I might prefer one Code
Editor over the other.
But I do love the ease of access and use of VS Code. Lately I
found myself using it just do quick checks, and kept on opening Live Server
to
see whether the situation there had changed. Then by accident, I went into
Chrome
’s View Tab
, and came across the option "Actual Size"
. I
clicked on it, and everything went back to normal. I never remembered
changing the view size in Chrome
or anywhere else, but was glad that I finally
was able to resolve the issue. What’s strange, however, was that the
problem only appeared locally
when I was using VS Code
and
not when I subsequently used WebStorm
. On a remote server, things
rendered as expected. Go figure.
So if you use VS Code
and Chrome
, and suddenly everything in the
browser
seems very small and strange, just click on the
View tab
when in Chrome
, and select the "Actual Size"
option.
I will be embedding this episode of Plugging in The Holes along with a transcript in the form of a post on interglobalmedianetwork.com for your hearing and reading pleasure. Bye for now!

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