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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yup. For reference my own display is around 280 DPI.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:35:15AM +0000, Jeff Young wrote:
> 2560x1440 @ 24” is only 122 DPI. 
> 
> Apple’s Retina displays are 220 or 227, and the Surface Book in the original bug report is 267 DPI.
> 
> > On 11 Jan 2018, at 09:54, kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > I have 2560x1440, 24" screens, I think those qualifies as high DPI?
> > 
> > The slider value is at 100, and the diag value is at 23. The icons are ish 5mm large.
> > 
> > But i guess that is uneccesary since It seems the scaling works as intended, I was just doing it wrong, so no errors, sorry :)
> > 
> > The scaling seems correct as well, 100 = 5mm, 150 = 7.5, 200 = 11, measured with a tape measure, so variance in size is expected.
> > 
> > 
> > Application: kicad
> > Version: (2018-01-11 revision a5b3d8e57)-master, debug build
> > Libraries:
> >     wxWidgets 3.0.3
> >     libcurl/7.57.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.19.1 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.29.0
> > Platform: Linux 4.9.74-2-MANJARO x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
> > Build Info:
> >     wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
> >     Boost: 1.65.1
> >     Curl: 7.57.0
> >     Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 with C++ ABI 1011
> > 
> > Build settings:
> >     USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
> >     USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
> >     KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
> >     KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
> >     KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
> >     KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
> >     BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
> >     KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
> >     KICAD_SPICE=ON
> > 
> > 
> > On 2018-01-11 01:13, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> >> 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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