[Lazarus] Hi-DPI tweak of components

[Giuliano Colla]

Il 08/06/2023 08:08, Ondrej Pokorny via lazarus ha scritto:

> Check TCustomColorBox how it handles FColorRectWidth as an example (it 
> uses a default value and if the user overwrites it, it gets scaled in 
> DoAutoAdjustLayout().

I believe that scaling for different DPI has been implemented with a 
shortsighted approach.
IMHO the general approach should have been (or should be if someone is 
willing to face it) to have *two* parameters for width and height: a 
pixel value and a linear value (in mm, inches, whatever).
If the designer or user sets the pixel value, this value is taken and 
used, but the linear value is  calculated.
If the designer or user sets the linear value, the pixel value is 
calculated using the current DPI, and is used to paint the control.
A new DPI will cause all pixel values to be updated from the linear values.
I don't know if there are some cases where the pixel value should be 
retained even for a significant DPI change. A FixedPixel boolean or a 
zero value in the linear value might override the resizing.

I understand that this would require a revision of all TControl 
descendants, by exposing the new properties, but I believe it to be the 
only way to make the DPI handling user friendly and mainly transparent 
to the users.

Giuliano

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