Problem with the menus in VLC and qBittorrent

[chebaev]

Hello!

I have strange problem with VLC Player and qBittorrent. From some days the menus in the programs was broken. They works normal but, ist not possible to read the text in the menus. I use Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (64-bit).

Does anyone have any idea how to fix the problem?

[Valsodar]

Looks like you have reduced the font size. Go to Menu --> Settings --> Fonts, see which font was set to a number lower than 8 and change it to a more normal value.

[chebaev]

I try to change the value, but the problem is the same. Now the font settings are like that

[trytip]

install qt5ct and try gtk2 style

[sgtor]

I'll also throw this in for vlc. Every once in a while the vlc interface goes wonky. While vlc still looks right you need to make a backup copy of
/home/yourusername/.config/vlc/vlc-qt-interface.conf

put it into a directory named .backups in your home directory.

then put this simple cp command into a tiny script named fix-vlc. put it in ~/bin

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cp /home/yourusername/.backups/vlc-qt-interface.conf /home/yourusername/.config/vlc/

then run this command

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chmod 744 /home/yourusername/bin/fix-vlc

now whenever it goes wonky you can just run.

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fix-vlc

It won't mess with your settings, those are in vlcrc.
It will cause it to forget the placeholder you were in for a movie though.

I once figured out what to change in the file to fix it but for me this is just faster and acceptable.
I forget now what it was to be changed but obviously it kept the time placeholder for the movie.

edit:
forgot to put /bin in the directory structure

[Chrispy_Cracker]

I have the "No drop Down Menus" problem and looking for answers too.

[chebaev]

I found realy strange solution. I have two outputs from my video card. First is my primary monitor and second i use external output to TV. When i change second monitor to be duplicate like first everything with VLC Player and qBittorrent is OK. After that i manage second monitor to be external and again is OK everything.