Screen resolution - who is the master?

Desktop editors
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Hi
I’m currently under Zorin OS (linux).
Things are a little less smooth than with windows.
Today, connecting my computer to a video projector, I needed to change the screen resolution.
I choose a poorer resolution and all apps UI objects got bigger (normal).
However, when I switched back to a sharper resolution, all apps but OO went back to normal.

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I uninstalled it, but it is still the same.
First, I though it was an OS issue, but:

  • all the apps are normal
  • a reboot changed nothing
  • re installing OO changed nothing (however I kept my user data).
    So right now I don’t know what is the cause off the issue : an OO parameter or an OS bug (but it seems unlikely.
    Thanks for your help.
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In addition, when I connect my laptop to my external screen:

  • on the external screen, the resolution of OO’s UI is “normal”,
  • on the laptop’s screen, the resolution is still low/UI elements are very big.
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Hello
THis week end I’ve switch to linux mint, and I face the same issue.
It’s as if there was a communication problem btw linux and OO regarding screen resolution.

For a laptop use, it’s quite annoying.

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Hello @arcqus

I’ve already asked it in other topic about printing issue - how Desktop Editors are installed (packages, snap, etc)?

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Yes thank you, see my reply in the other topic.

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Yes, I see the reply, thank you. Can you please also let me know which options is used in Settings of Desktop Editors > Interface Scaling?

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Hello @Constantine
Many thanks for your reactivity.

  1. I removed the package and installed the .deb for OO’s website.

  2. unfortunately, I instantly got the same issue:
    When OO is displayed on the laptop screen:

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    As you can see, the title bar has a “normal” resolution (1), but all UI elements are big like on a low res scree.
    When the laptop is not connected to an external screen, this back-to-the-90s UI is not my cup of tea :slight_smile:

When OO is displayed on my external screen, everything is fine:

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It is the default scaling parameters.

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Thanks for additional info, but I meant scaling options in the settings of Desktop Editor. Settings tab is located on the main screen of the editor.

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:slight_smile: quote=“Constantine, post:8, topic:12550”]
Desktop Editor. Settings tab is located on the main screen of the editor.
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My bad :slight_smile: I’m too much into linux tweaks right now.

Actually it is set to the default value “Auto”.

The good news is that when I change it to 100% (or another value), OO’s UI is back to normal.
After testing the other possibilities, it seems that “Auto” = 175%.

Could it be were the bug comes from ?
It was almost a blocker, now it is just something annoying -:slight_smile:

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Thanks for the info. We will do some tests to reproduce the issue.

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Hello @arcqus

As of now, we did not manage to reproduce the situation. May I know if it remains after the update to v8.3?

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Yes as you can see.

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Thank you. We keep working on it.

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Hello Constantine
FYI, I installed OO on linux mint on the laptop of a friend.

Here is what I see :

  • with the scaling parameter set to “Auto”, the UI elements of OO are way too big.
  • when set to 100%, UI is back to normal.

I don’t know if it helps.