Re: [platform-swt-dev] Testing HDPI support with a HDPI monitor?

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Leo.

I'm using a plain Ubuntu 16.04 (no KDE) and gsettings set
org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2 does not seem to do any
difference.

Is ./eclipse -Dswt.autoScale=2 supposed to work?
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=421383#c143 seems to
indicate that this should work but maybe this is outdated.

Best regards, Lars

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Leo Ufimtsev <lufimtse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Yes, you can run higher scaling without a big monitor, but everything will
> be humongous.
>
> If on Gnome, try increasing scalability factor:
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
>
> (use 1 to return things back to normal).
>
> Remember to restart eclipse.
>
> If on KDE, try this article (I haven't tried this thou:)
> http://hgdev.co/optimize-ubuntu-interface-scaling-on-hidpi-displays/
>
> Just as FYI:
> At the moment some SWT jUnit test cases fail in SWT when scaling is turned
> on (Something on my to-fix list).
>
> Let me know if you had any success.
>
> Thanks
>
> Leo
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I do not have a HDPI monitor. Can I still test the new HDPI support?
>>
>> I tried specifying the scale factor on the command line but this does
>> not make a difference.
>>
>> ./eclipse -Dswt.autoScale=10
>>
>> or ./eclipse -Dswt.autoScale=2
>>
>> result in the same L&L of IDE.
>>
>> Best regards, Lars
>>
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