Re: High DPI support / Wayland support

Enno Rehling <[email protected]> Sun, 3 May 2026 15:57:32 +0200
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Since there's been renewed discussion about the future of X11 (on the Mac
and elsewhere), it might be time to revisit the question of FOX on Wayland?
Pretty much all the major Linux distros seem to be abandoning X11 desktops,
or at least adopting a Wayland-First philosophy.

Enno.

On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 at 18:15, Roland Pl=C3=BCss via Foxgui-users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> What are the plans for supporting high DPI displays (4k) displays and
> wayland?
>
> I've used FOX right now on X11 with a regular 1980 monitor but now I
> want to also support it on a newer 4k monitor with HDR support. 4k
> requires global scaling to be respected (typically 150-200% for 4k). HDR
> requires wayland to be used. It would be nice to know if these features
> are planed for the future or not.
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Since there&#39;s been renewed discussion about the f=
uture of X11 (on the Mac and elsewhere), it might be time to revisit the qu=
estion of FOX on Wayland? Pretty much all the major Linux distros seem to b=
e abandoning X11 desktops, or at least adopting a Wayland-First philosophy.=
</div><div><br></div><div>Enno.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gm=
ail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Dec 20=
25 at 18:15, Roland Pl=C3=BCss via Foxgui-users &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:foxgu=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0p=
x 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What are t=
he plans for supporting high DPI displays (4k) displays and <br>
wayland?<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve used FOX right now on X11 with a regular 1980 monitor but now I <b=
r>
want to also support it on a newer 4k monitor with HDR support. 4k <br>
requires global scaling to be respected (typically 150-200% for 4k). HDR <b=
r>
requires wayland to be used. It would be nice to know if these features <br=
>
are planed for the future or not.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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