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Posted to users@netbeans.apache.org by Andreas Hauffe <an...@tu-dresden.de> on 2018/08/03 10:46:39 UTC

larger Icons

Hi,

 

is there a way to use larger icons in Netbeans or RCP applications on hidpi
displays?



When using netbeans 9 and JDK 10.0.2 on a hidpi display all icons are
upscaled and look a bit strange.

 

Regards,

Andreas

RE: larger Icons

Posted by Eirik Bakke <eb...@ultorg.com>.
Ah, yes. It's just the text that gets sharper, not the icons. Making the icons sharp would be a bigger project--someone would have to hire an icon designer to redraw several thousand icons--or a few hundred of the most commonly seen ones--in a vector format. (Even in the latest Microsoft Office versions you can see many icons not yet having been updated, especially in less commonly used areas.)

Emilian Bold started a project to source icons from publicly available icon fonts; see https://jaxenter.com/netbeans/netbeans-retina .

-- Eirik

From: Andreas Hauffe <an...@tu-dresden.de>
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 5:36 PM
To: users@netbeans.apache.org
Subject: AW: larger Icons

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply.

But this propery does not change the image quality. The buttons have the same (physical) size on screen as they have on a non-hidpi display. In result the default 32x32 icons/images are upscaled, which is clearly visible.
In my case the os scaling (windows) is set to 150%. So in my case icon with a size of 48x48 instead of the default 32x32 pixel would be nice.

Regards,
Andreas


Von: Eirik Bakke <eb...@ultorg.com>
Gesendet: Freitag, 3. August 2018 17:09
An: Hauffe, Andreas <an...@tu-dresden.de>; users@netbeans.apache.org
Betreff: RE: larger Icons

I'm using NetBeans with JDK 10.0.1 with a HiDPI screen on Windows 10, and everything works great. But I think you have to tell Windows to let the application handle scaling itself.

Create a shortcut to netbeans64.exe, then open the properties for the shortcut. Then go to the Compatibility tab->change HiDPI settings->check "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and pick "Application" from the dropdown. Please let us know if this solved the problem--if so, there might be something that should be done to the NetBeans launcher binary to automatically enable this setting.

(Myself, I use the OpenJDK builds from https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ . But they should be more or less identical to the Oracle builds, except for legal purposes.)

-- Eirik

From: Andreas Hauffe <an...@tu-dresden.de>>
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 12:47 PM
To: users@netbeans.apache.org<ma...@netbeans.apache.org>
Subject: larger Icons

Hi,

is there a way to use larger icons in Netbeans or RCP applications on hidpi displays?
When using netbeans 9 and JDK 10.0.2 on a hidpi display all icons are upscaled and look a bit strange.

Regards,
Andreas

AW: larger Icons

Posted by Andreas Hauffe <an...@tu-dresden.de>.
Hi,

 

thanks for the fast reply.

 

But this propery does not change the image quality. The buttons have the
same (physical) size on screen as they have on a non-hidpi display. In
result the default 32x32 icons/images are upscaled, which is clearly
visible. 

In my case the os scaling (windows) is set to 150%. So in my case icon with
a size of 48x48 instead of the default 32x32 pixel would be nice.

 

Regards,

Andreas

 

Von: Eirik Bakke <eb...@ultorg.com> 
Gesendet: Freitag, 3. August 2018 17:09
An: Hauffe, Andreas <an...@tu-dresden.de>;
users@netbeans.apache.org
Betreff: RE: larger Icons

 

I'm using NetBeans with JDK 10.0.1 with a HiDPI screen on Windows 10, and
everything works great. But I think you have to tell Windows to let the
application handle scaling itself.

 

Create a shortcut to netbeans64.exe, then open the properties for the
shortcut. Then go to the Compatibility tab->change HiDPI settings->check
"Override high DPI scaling behavior" and pick "Application" from the
dropdown. Please let us know if this solved the problem--if so, there might
be something that should be done to the NetBeans launcher binary to
automatically enable this setting.

 

(Myself, I use the OpenJDK builds from https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/
. But they should be more or less identical to the Oracle builds, except for
legal purposes.)

 

-- Eirik

 

From: Andreas Hauffe <andreas.hauffe@tu-dresden.de
<ma...@tu-dresden.de> > 
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 12:47 PM
To: users@netbeans.apache.org <ma...@netbeans.apache.org> 
Subject: larger Icons

 

Hi,

 

is there a way to use larger icons in Netbeans or RCP applications on hidpi
displays?

When using netbeans 9 and JDK 10.0.2 on a hidpi display all icons are
upscaled and look a bit strange.

 

Regards,

Andreas

RE: larger Icons

Posted by Eirik Bakke <eb...@ultorg.com>.
I'm using NetBeans with JDK 10.0.1 with a HiDPI screen on Windows 10, and everything works great. But I think you have to tell Windows to let the application handle scaling itself.

Create a shortcut to netbeans64.exe, then open the properties for the shortcut. Then go to the Compatibility tab->change HiDPI settings->check "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and pick "Application" from the dropdown. Please let us know if this solved the problem--if so, there might be something that should be done to the NetBeans launcher binary to automatically enable this setting.

(Myself, I use the OpenJDK builds from https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ . But they should be more or less identical to the Oracle builds, except for legal purposes.)

-- Eirik

From: Andreas Hauffe <an...@tu-dresden.de>
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 12:47 PM
To: users@netbeans.apache.org
Subject: larger Icons

Hi,

is there a way to use larger icons in Netbeans or RCP applications on hidpi displays?
When using netbeans 9 and JDK 10.0.2 on a hidpi display all icons are upscaled and look a bit strange.

Regards,
Andreas