It's one of a few dynamically adjusting settings in the game, another notable one is Fullscreen Resolution, which IS a slider.
I genuinely could not think of a better reason why it's implemented like this other than the fact it was like this since it was originally implemented.
There IS a hidden key combo that can be used to adjust it in the menu without even thinking about the button (CTRL + MouseWheel), but you are not told about it anywhere in the game. This is NINTENDO levels of UI accessibility.
by Maximyllion
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Because the GUI size changes as you adjust the GUI Scale, so a slider would move away from your mouse and be frustrating to use.
back when minecraft first came out there wasnt a slider for any setting NOT EVEN FUCKING RENDER DISTANCE! YOU EITHER HAD TO CLICK IT ALOT OR PRESS F (Offhand didnt exist until 1.8 or something)
I suppose this setting never got updated since beta and therfore is still a button rather then a slider compared to fullscreen which was added just a few years back
I might be misremembering but I think it used to be one too. Maybe I’m thinking of something else. If you use Sodium, it changes the visual settings menu and makes the gui scale a slider, it also has an apply button.
I don’t understand why you’d want a slider for 5 options though, in this case a button cycle seems better suited
What would also be crazy if it didn’t immediately change the gui scale when you click it.