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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003673FreeCADBugpublic2018-11-07 14:052021-02-06 06:50
Reporterdeejay2 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.18 
Target Version0.20 
Summary0003673: HIDPI related bug where text doesn't fit grey box in "Documents" when the software starts.
DescriptionHIDPI is more and more used with > 1080p monitors like 4K. It basically downscales the resolution without actually lowering the monitor resolution. It results in crisper image without the tinyzation of everything on a small but high resolution monitor.

Best explained here:
https://support.system76.com/articles/hidpi-multi-monitor/

QT5 actually supports HIDPI quite well and it will make FreeCAD usable on workstations using HIDPI (at last!) :) The problem(s) that remain(s) (Maybe I'll find more later) is in the Start page "Document" tab. Each thumbnail is in a gray box with text underneath. The text doesn't fit in the grey box so it makes the welcome to FreeCAD exeperience a bit frightening.

Steps To ReproduceUse hidpi with a 4K monitor. For me it's easy to do with POP!_OS which derivates from Ubuntu. You just go in gnome settings->Peripherals->Monitors, Enable HIDPI and scale to 200%.

I used the FreeCAD_pre AppImage.
TagsHiDPI
FreeCAD Information

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deejay2

2018-11-07 14:05

reporter  

Capture d’écran de 2018-11-07 09-05-05.png (279,444 bytes)   
Capture d’écran de 2018-11-07 09-05-05.png (279,444 bytes)   

deejay2

2018-11-07 20:03

reporter   ~0012149

OS: Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.15150 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: fe8f172ce1f725cbc5e7a1538beaaac6a6529ec2
Python version: 3.6.6
Qt version: 5.6.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: French/Canada (fr_CA)

Kunda1

2018-11-09 00:17

administrator   ~0012154

@deejay please open a thread on the forums to discuss this with the community

Kunda1

2018-11-10 16:07

administrator   ~0012165

forum thread: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32159

deejay2

2019-03-03 03:12

reporter   ~0012824

Here's another screenshot showing effect of hidpi on preferences.
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gweb

2019-04-06 19:13

reporter   ~0013007

This isn't only restricted to "documents". Here is a screenshot of my start page with a HiDPI scaling of 250% on V0.17 on Windows. Notice that not only the text doesn't fit in the boxes, but also the background is not stretched to fit the window
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gweb

2019-04-06 19:46

reporter   ~0013015

A few more instances of places where text or images don't fit correctly with HiDPI scaling
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Kunda1

2019-04-06 19:51

administrator   ~0013017

@gweb we aren't addressing 0.17 anymore. Please test on 0.19dev
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre

Kunda1

2019-06-17 07:32

administrator   ~0013234

Still lots of HiDPI bugs: https://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/search.php?tag_string=HiDPI

yorik

2022-03-03 13:55

administrator   ~0016666

This ticket has been migrated to GitHub as issue 5831.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-11-07 14:05 deejay2 New Issue
2018-11-07 14:05 deejay2 File Added: Capture d’écran de 2018-11-07 09-05-05.png
2018-11-07 20:03 deejay2 Note Added: 0012149
2018-11-09 00:16 Kunda1 Tag Attached: HiDPI
2018-11-09 00:17 Kunda1 Status new => feedback
2018-11-09 00:17 Kunda1 Note Added: 0012154
2018-11-10 16:07 Kunda1 Note Added: 0012165
2019-03-03 03:12 deejay2 File Added: Capture d’écran de 2019-03-02 22-10-01.png
2019-03-03 03:12 deejay2 Note Added: 0012824
2019-03-03 03:12 deejay2 Status feedback => new
2019-04-06 19:13 gweb File Added: CaptureFreeCad.PNG
2019-04-06 19:13 gweb Note Added: 0013007
2019-04-06 19:46 gweb File Added: CaptureFreeCad-2.PNG
2019-04-06 19:46 gweb File Added: Capture2.PNG
2019-04-06 19:46 gweb File Added: Capture3.PNG
2019-04-06 19:46 gweb Note Added: 0013015
2019-04-06 19:51 Kunda1 Note Added: 0013017
2019-06-17 07:31 Kunda1 Target Version => 0.19
2019-06-17 07:32 Kunda1 Status new => confirmed
2019-06-17 07:32 Kunda1 Note Added: 0013234
2021-02-06 06:50 abdullah Target Version => 0.20