Inconsistency between “window.zoomLevel” and Minimap size

[drackp2m]

Type: Bug

I like to see the minimap as big as possible, as I have a HDPI monitor and it is quite useful for me to be able to read the code inside the minimap.
Then I use the settings:

“editor.minimap.scale": 3,
“editor.minimap.size": ‘proportional’,

Which make the minimap look very big. But this takes away enough screen space so that between the Explorer column and the Minimap, the Editor is too narrow.

So, as there is no option to scale or modify the font size of the Explorer, I thought of lowering a little the Zoom of the whole application, but as soon as I set the adjustment:

“window.zoomLevel": -0.1,

The editor interface is barely affected, while the Minimap becomes extremely small.

I have been playing with this setting, and I have noticed that, setting a value of -0.0000001, it still looks “normal”, but if you “lower” it to -0.0000002, then it changes radically in size.

I don't know if this is delivered, but what I would expect is:

• That the Minimap size would scale proportionally to this zoom.
• There could be an option to be able to modify the font size of the Explorer.

(Although I believe that this second option would not be as useful as the first one for this concrete case that I have exposed).

"window.zoomLevel": -0.0000001

"window.zoomLevel": -0.0000002

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