[digiKam-users] bad sizing with dual monitors

[Kenneth Ingham]

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, digikam-users-request at kde.org wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:53:57 -0400
> From: Tac Tacelosky <tacman at gmail.com>
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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