[digiKam-users] bad sizing with dual monitors

[Tac Tacelosky]

I have an XPS-15 laptop with a very high resolution screen (3840x2160).  I also have a second monitor with a lower resolution (1920x1080).  The second monitor is set up as my primary screen.

When I start DigiKam, the controls and text are distorted.  Everything is so huge that it's almost impossible to do anything.  Here's the dual view.

Here's just DigiKam on the second monitor, full screen.  Note how the menu items are huge. 

Running on the laptop monitor is also problematic, same issue.

Is there some way for digikam to detect the monitor and adjust accordingly?  Perhaps a "Reset Layout" menu item that does that, instead of having to exit the program and tweak settings and restart it?

Thanks.

Tac

[Rafael Linux]

It seems you are using Windows. I'm using 2 monitors (not 2k resolution) in
my job and at home and never had that issue, but I'm using Linux OpenSUSE,
so maybe the problem is only with Windows version.




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[Gilles Caulier-4]

I don't know which DK version you use, but in current 6.0.0-beta1 bundle, a new optin is avaialble in Setup/Miscs/Appearance dialog tab to tune the font size to use in all application views.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/45044622112/in/dateposted/

Warnings : if you use 5.9.0, make a database backup before, has 6.0.0 introduce changes in tables.

Bundles can be downloaded here : https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 4 oct. 2018 à 10:46, Rafael Linux <[hidden email]> a écrit :

It seems you are using Windows. I'm using 2 monitors (not 2k resolution) in
my job and at home and never had that issue, but I'm using Linux OpenSUSE,
so maybe the problem is only with Windows version.




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[Kenneth Ingham-2]

You did not mention the OS (and possibly desktop environment).

On GNU.Linux systems, X windows has problems with displays of different
DPIs.  This is a fundamental design problem with X.  It has been fixed
in Wayland, but whether or not this will help you depends on the version
of your OS and desktop environment.  It also depends on your hardware
(Wayland appears to be behind for Nvidia due to issues with Nvidia).  I
have a 4K laptop monitor and everything else looks huge.  Unfortunately,
I have Nvidia hardware, so I am anxiously awaiting the situation to improve.
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Kenneth Ingham

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
---Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953

On 10/4/18 1:10 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

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> From: Tac Tacelosky <[hidden email]>
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>
> I have an XPS-15 laptop with a very high resolution screen (3840x2160).  I
> also have a second monitor with a lower resolution (1920x1080).  The second
> monitor is set up as my primary screen.
>
> When I start DigiKam, the controls and text are distorted.  Everything is
> so huge that it's almost impossible to do anything.  Here's the dual view.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Here's just DigiKam on the second monitor, full screen.  Note how the menu
> items are huge.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Running on the laptop monitor is also problematic, same issue.
>
> Is there some way for digikam to detect the monitor and adjust
> accordingly?  Perhaps a "Reset Layout" menu item that does that, instead of
> having to exit the program and tweak settings and restart it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tac

[Tac Tacelosky]

I have an XPS-15, running Windows 10, I believe the monitor can be described as 4K.  It has an NVIDEA GForce GTX 1050 Ti (practically necessary for Davinci Resolve).

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 3:20 PM Kenneth Ingham <[hidden email]> wrote:

You did not mention the OS (and possibly desktop environment).

On GNU.Linux systems, X windows has problems with displays of different
DPIs.  This is a fundamental design problem with X.  It has been fixed
in Wayland, but whether or not this will help you depends on the version
of your OS and desktop environment.  It also depends on your hardware
(Wayland appears to be behind for Nvidia due to issues with Nvidia).  I
have a 4K laptop monitor and everything else looks huge.  Unfortunately,
I have Nvidia hardware, so I am anxiously awaiting the situation to improve.
--
Kenneth Ingham

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
---Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953

On 10/4/18 1:10 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:53:57 -0400
> From: Tac Tacelosky <[hidden email]>
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>       power of open source <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [digiKam-users] bad sizing with dual monitors
> Message-ID:
>       <[hidden email]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I have an XPS-15 laptop with a very high resolution screen (3840x2160).  I
> also have a second monitor with a lower resolution (1920x1080).  The second
> monitor is set up as my primary screen.
>
> When I start DigiKam, the controls and text are distorted.  Everything is
> so huge that it's almost impossible to do anything.  Here's the dual view.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Here's just DigiKam on the second monitor, full screen.  Note how the menu
> items are huge.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Running on the laptop monitor is also problematic, same issue.
>
> Is there some way for digikam to detect the monitor and adjust
> accordingly?  Perhaps a "Reset Layout" menu item that does that, instead of
> having to exit the program and tweak settings and restart it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tac

[Terry Duell]

On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:53:57 +1000, Tac Tacelosky <[hidden email]> wrote:

[snip]

>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Here's just DigiKam on the second monitor, full screen.  Note how the  
> menu
> items are huge.

Please don't post large images (20MB) directly to the group, it is bad  
etiquette.
Use a link to the images.

Cheers,
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Regards,
Terry Duell