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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

If your system DPI is already within a certain range it won't do
anything. Are you using a high DPI display? If it's not scaled
correctly, would you please share with me the diagnostic number reported
by the scale slider in eeschema prefs as well as a rough indication of
the icons' physical size? Thanks.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:16:46PM +0000, kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> Tried the patch, didnt really notice anything different though, I guess you
> need to add some custom scaling for this to take effect?
> 
> 
> On 2018-01-10 22:23, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Sure, assign me to it. I should have time to work on it tonight or
> > tomorrow.
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 04:20:21PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > > FYI, the edit footprint dialog in Pcbnew is not sized properly (at least
> > > on windows) which I'm pretty sure is related to your recent HiDPI work.
> > > Do you want me to file a bug report for it?
> > > 
> > > On 1/10/2018 2:01 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > > > By the way, I'm going to go ahead and push this tonight-ish if nobody
> > > > objects. I know it's on the big side, but due to my limited number of
> > > > machines to test on I really want time for user feedback. I'll be around
> > > > to put out any fires.
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:07:49AM -0700, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > > > > Rebased patch attached.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 01:27:16PM +0000, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Chris,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The patch does not apply cleanly on the current master, would you rebase
> > > > > > it? Thanks in advance.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Orson
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 01/09/2018 03:43 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > As discussed with Wayne earlier, I've attached a patch which adds simple
> > > > > > > toolbar icon scaling so the toolbars are readable on high-DPI systems.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > This is meant as a stopgap for 5.0, with plans to add proper scaled
> > > > > > > icons in the 6.0 cycle. A function KiScaledBitmap() is added, which
> > > > > > > works like KiBitmap() except it scales the bitmap according to the
> > > > > > > calling window's font size. Controls have been added to all the main
> > > > > > > applications to let the user select scaling manually (these were omitted
> > > > > > > from smaller apps that didn't already have a place to put them).
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > In addition, in eeschema only, the pixel height of the system font is
> > > > > > > shown in the options dialog for diagnostics. This is only for collecting
> > > > > > > feedback before 5.0 release from users with different displays and will
> > > > > > > be removed.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I would like to push this fairly soon, as I want to get as much user
> > > > > > > feedback as possible before release. I have a limited number of systems
> > > > > > > to test this on myself.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
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