scale dpi in linux for high res monitor

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drmalony
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scale dpi in linux for high res monitor

Post by drmalony »

I'm working on a 2560 x 1440 laptop display, running CentOS 7. WinCC OA seems immune to font size adjustment in both KDE and Gnome. How do I scale the gui?

mkoller
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Re: scale dpi in linux for high res monitor

Post by mkoller »

Yes, our panel files store object sizes in pixels, thus they should look the same regardless of your system font settings (which I agree is cumbersome for "dialog" style panels ...).
To automatically get larger panels, scaled by some standard factor, for all panels, you should use the config entry

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[ui]
initialZoomFactor = 1.2
or whatever factor fits you best

drmalony
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Re: scale dpi in linux for high res monitor

Post by drmalony »

That worked pretty well. I set it at 1.6 - looks functional. It doesn't touch the log viewer though, which has it's own font size settings. Changing the log viewer font size doesn't seem to do anything at all.

mkoller
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Re: scale dpi in linux for high res monitor

Post by mkoller »

Great.
The LogViewer is a separate application - it's not a panel and therefore the zoom factor setting does not apply.
Changing the font with the LogViewer settings dialog should show you the selected font. Play with different fonts and sizes.

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