Re: High DPI - Win 10

Hi Angelo,

Thanks for the kind words. I'd just say that I find most people on the
list have been very generous with their time and knowledge and I just
try to do the same. :)

All best,
steven


On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Angelo D'Agnano
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
> I just would like to point out your outstanding attitude towards this
> mailing list:
> -you ask for help
> -nobody could help you
> -you "help yourself"
> -you share with us what you found
> -finally you also thank the mailing list
>
> Chapeau.
>
> Angelo
>
> P.s. sorry if this is a bit off-topic but I wish we were a bit more like
> you.
>
> Il 31/Dic/2015 05:52, "Steven Yi" <[email protected]> ha scritto:
>>
>> Another update: I realized for the short term I could do without the
>> manifest and could instead use the prism.allowhdpi=false flag. I now
>> have:
>>
>> -J-Dswing.java2d.dpiaware=false -J-Dprism.allowhidpi=false
>>
>> in my app.conf file and it serves the same purpose as using a
>> manifest, but does not require any user registry editing.
>>
>> This solves the problem for the short term for me well enough.  For
>> the long term, I think I need to research further what's going on with
>> Swing and JEP 263, so will hold off on any work planning around DPI
>> for the time being.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> steven
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Steven Yi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Following up with further information, I haven't seen anything in NB's
>> > sources, but I did do some experimenting with my own code and I found
>> > what looks to the be a cause.  In my program I am using JavaFX and in
>> > one of my module's Installer classes, I have:
>> >
>> >       Platform.setImplicitExit(false);
>> >       new JFXPanel();
>> >
>> > This is to pre-setup JavaFX before embedding JFX components into the
>> > application.  It's the new JFXPanel() which is implicitly initializing
>> > JavaFX, which in turn seems to reset the DPI awareness of the app.  I
>> > suspect embedding JavaFX into any Swing app may cause this to happen
>> > but have not tested yet.
>> >
>> > I did however, find a solution that will work even if
>> > sun.java2d.dpiaware=false is on and JFX is used, which is to use the
>> > manifest trick from:
>> >
>> > http://www.danantonielli.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/manifest.txt
>> >
>> > I think for a stop-gap measure, I will be distributing a manifest in
>> > the app/bin folder for my application and direct users to use the
>> > above trick of modifying the registry.
>> >
>> > However, for the future, it seems to me that JFX is being worked on
>> > for high-dpi, but I am unsure if anything is being done for Swing.
>> > Does anyone know the latest?  I have been considering dropping NB's
>> > Swing modules and replacing with JFX-only modules, but it's certainly
>> > not a small decision to make. I'm curious what others have thought
>> > about regarding their own RCP-based apps.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > steven
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Steven Yi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> I recently purchased a Surface Pro 4 that has a High-DPI screen.
>> >> Using NetBeans was awful until setting dpiaware=false (and still not
>> >> great with blurry text...).  That's okay, it's usable. However, for my
>> >> own RCP application, I'm finding that using dpiaware=false in the
>> >> program .conf file does not do the trick.  The splash screen is
>> >> zoomed, but just before the splash screen disappears, it flashes to
>> >> the tiny size and my application opens up with tiny text.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone encountered this?
>> >>
>> >> I do use a custom look and feel and I'm about to look through the PLAF
>> >> modules' source code to see if any tricks are being done within NB
>> >> itself.  However, if someone has a solution already, I'd love to hear
>> >> it.  If not, I'll post whatever I find out.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> steven