broke my screen. is there anyway i can make the whole screen including the task bar smaller

[u/christyschellen]

accidentally broke my screen and trying to be able to use it until i can get it fixed. is there any way to make my entire laptop display a smaller portion of the screen including the task bar? or am i SOL and have to suffer til i can fix it lol

[u/Dxsty98]

I don't think you can shrink the screen. I'd connect an external monitor until you can get the screen fixed / replaced

[u/Disastrous_Box1177]

You can move the shelf to the left side of the screen and resize the apps to only use the working part as well, but I don't think there's a way to fully disable that part

[u/christyschellen → u/Disastrous_Box1177]

that could work, how do i move the shelf?

[u/Disastrous_Box1177 → u/christyschellen]

Right click the shelf and then set shelf position to left

Also i found another thing that could help you, in display settings there's actually a tool that lets you crop and resize the entire screen, exactly as you were wanting in the post description I can't remember the exact name of the setting but just look around in display settings and you should find it

[u/InfiniteLight07]

Short answer: no.

Just use an external monitor

[u/HansCCT]

[u/Internal_Falcon2637]

Hello, so here's what I would do. Assuming your mainly web browsing, don't mind no android and lightweight crostini use a MacBook air 2015 would be a great replacement.

With chrome on flex on it you would get you a premium body at a low price. I paid 75 usd for mine.

Just make sure battery is at 80 percent health or better.

[u/christyschellen → u/Internal_Falcon2637]

im not asking about replacements

[u/Internal_Falcon2637 → u/christyschellen]

You know what, your right I owe you an apology. I was just so excited how well mine worked out I didn't think it through.

I'm afraid I don't have a fix in mind though very sorry about that.