[Lazarus] High-DPI aware LCL ?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Ondrej Pokorny wrote:
> On 07.10.2015 00:09, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Out of curiosity:
>>
>> Are there any plans to make the LCL (and by extension the IDE itself) 
>> High-DPI aware?
>> Working on a Macbook Pro with retina screen (running kubuntu) is OK if 
>> you only need to edit code, but
>> as soon as you need to use buttons (any toolbutton or even component 
>> palette button), it becomes very difficult. The editor toolbar is next 
>> to useless on high DPI.
>>
>> Michael.
> 
> I do write High-DPI aware LCL application with Lazarus without problems. 
> The IDE itself should at some point in the future support it as well 
> (IMO by default, without any extension). But I don't know if there are 
> some plans about it.
> I haven't bought a 4K display because of High-DPI problems in Delphi and 
> Lazarus IDEs.

I think Graeme's question about storing DPI in .lfm files might be relevant.

As an aside, I've been working on setting up a "cheap" TV as a 3K 
display for somebody. It's doable, but needs a fairly recent card and 
end-to-end HDMI.

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