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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Can anybody with a high DPI monitor post some pics at different scaling
setting please.

An enormous effort was put in making this icons look good in they actual
fixed resolution. I am curious how a >250DPI monitor can display icons well
regardless of this effort.

Cheers
Fabrizio


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 6:06 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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