I'm using a 3840x2160 screen. It seems that my IDE is mostly working, but the code editor seems to be having problems with HiDPI awareness?
Is this a bug, or a setting I didn't tweak?
Please see the attachment for the screenshot, I'm not sure if it is obvious that the editor part of the IDE is of lower resolution than the rest, but it is.
Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
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Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
Try a different editor font (or a few). Does that change it?
Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
It didn't change after editor font changing.
But I do observe that the font name in the font selector dialog itself is blurry also.
But I do observe that the font name in the font selector dialog itself is blurry also.
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Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
Solved: Duplicate with https://forum.gambas.one/viewtopic.php? ... +IDE#p7476
Launch with "$ env GB_GUI=gb.qt5 gambas3"
Launch with "$ env GB_GUI=gb.qt5 gambas3"
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Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
then it's possibly your GTK font settings.
Try the System GTK "Appearance" settings
System/Preferences/Look and Feel/Appearance
perhaps the monitor does not like smoothing?
Try the System GTK "Appearance" settings
System/Preferences/Look and Feel/Appearance
perhaps the monitor does not like smoothing?
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Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
Sometimes I wonder why we persist with gtk. JMPO 

Re: Is it just me? IDE seems to be struggling with DPI problems
I have experienced similar issues on a 4K display with 200 % scaling. On one linux distro gambas looks crisp only if I start it with qt5 and another one looks crisp only if I start it with qt6. I like how this can be selected by right clicking the gambas taskbar icon, the functionality is baked in the dot desktop file of gambas.