On 2012-12-08 12:11 (GMT-0800) Monte Milanuk composed:
So... new install of 12.2 on Lenovo ThinkPad T530, 1600x900 resolution, selected XFCE as default WM.
That's a 15.6" screen, which has a display density of 118 PPI (aka DPI). At 120 DPI, window content is forced to fit into an area designed for a 96 DPI display. The area is a sqrt function, so the available space is 96^2 / 118^2 = 66% of what it was designed for. If you had a 144 DPI screen, it would only be 44.4%. At 192 DPI, it's only 25%.
When I open up any YaST module , it always comes up in a fairly small box on the screen (maybe 4" w x 3"h) regardless of how it is configured when I close it out. I then have to drag/expand it to a usable size, and click/drag all the frames between window areas to get them to where I can actually read/use the menus and lists contained within.
Any ideas on why this is happening, and on how to fix it?
Your description probably fits a bug I just filed since you posted: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=793565 .