Questions tagged [scaling]
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Where is resizing done when non native resolution is used on LCD screens - in the drivers or by the monitor itself?
Where is done image resizing/upscaling when a non native resolution is used on a LCD/IPS/OLED, any fixed resolution screen? Is it done by the OS, by its drivers, or by the monitor itself?
Let's say my ...
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Windows 11 Single (Main Laptop Monitor) custom scaling while other monitors scaling shouldn't change
I am using a laptop in a multi-monitor setup and also on the go. While the default scaling options are somewhat fine for my laptop monitor, I find 125% scaling to be too small and 150% to be too big ...
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How to change screen's DPI scaling automatically when switching to multi-monitor setup?
I have a 14" 1920×1080 laptop and a 24" 1920×1200 screen. The pixel density difference is huge.
When I'm using the large screen as a main one and laptop as an additional screen, I'd like ...
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Fractional display scaling: get and set in terminal
How do I get current fractional scaling value via terminal?
E.g. with GUI set to 125%:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor returns 0
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface ...
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Windows 10 Scaling Issue with Java 11 Application
We have recently upgraded an application which has been using Java 8 but was upgraded to Java 11 during the process.
Now we are faced with the following problem:
Users are working on a HiDPI Laptop (...
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Is there any way to account for higher DPI scaling in case of Windows internal utilities
Because of high resolution of my displays I have to turn to using higher DPI scaling (125% and 150%). Windows 10 is smart enough to take it into account when rendering most of the program windows, so ...
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Blurry distorted text and icons
So my text and icons look blurry, distorted and It also looks like small top portion of letters are being cut off by like 1 pixel. But the thing is that 20% of right side of the screen seem normal, ...
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Tiny fonts on a Windows Server 2016 Standard Chrome file open dialog
I run an instance of Windows Server 2016 Standard inside a Hyper-V VM. All scaling, fonts and resolution looks fine across all apps, with 1 exception: Google Chrome's file browser dialog: the ...
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Automatically adjust scaling of a display when a second monitor is plugged in [Windows 10]
I currently have a work laptop that I would like to have the scaling set to 125% when it is plugged into another monitor/docked, and set to 100% when it is not plugged in. Does anyone know of any ways ...
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Windows 11 having probems with windows on multiple monitors with different scaling
I've got two fullHD monitors connected to a 4k laptop, with 100% and 300% scaling. My problem is that when I try to pull a window from the 4k monitor to another the window won't scale back to 100% ...
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What are the definitive rules for Windows 8 Screen Scaling
I have a laptop + external screen multi-mon setup running windows 8.
The laptop has a 15.4 Inch 1920*1080 Screen (Smaller Physical / Higher Pixel Density)
The Monitor has a 22 Inch 1680*1050 Screen (...
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Mouse cursor much larger on secondary displays
I have a Windows 10 laptop with a high resolution (3840x2160), high DPI built in display. I have two "standard" external 1920x1080 monitors attached to the laptop to use for extended desktop. One of ...
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Set Scaling of individual applications in Windows
I occurs to be that I want any app I'm not looking at to be scaled down (to say 100%), but the one in focus to be scaled up (to 200%). This would both make maximal use of my hi-res laptop screen for ...
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Too big UI of few programs, and to big webpages
In my Microsoft Edge, and Firefox program UI are too big, and also contents of webpages are too big. I have set 100% dpi, no custom scaling. This issue appear only in Firefox and Edge. How can I fix ...
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When I access a server that has multiple DNS IP addresses, which one do I use?
Right now if I run host superuser.com, I get:
superuser.com has address 151.101.193.69
superuser.com has address 151.101.1.69
superuser.com has address 151.101.65.69
superuser.com has address 151.101....
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