-Phil.
> On May 27, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Alexandr Scherbatiy > <alexandr.scherba...@oracle.com> wrote: > >> On 5/28/2016 12:23 AM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote: >> The following article claims that DPI virtualization of not DPI–aware >> applications is available from Windows Vista: >> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn469266%28v=vs.85%29.aspx >> >> >> I just tried to set dpiAware=false in the java.manifest file on my Windows 7 >> and the whole Java application was scaled. >> >> It looks like that for platforms from Windows Windows 8 and higher the fix >> JDK-8076545 can be reverted because the Windows OS can automatically scale >> an application. > The fix JDK-8076545 needs to be reverted for Windows Vista and higher. > In other case the Windows L&F font will be smaller in Java app because the > fix scales it size down. > It will be smaller ? But isn't that the bug - that it is too small ? Don't try to change the dpi aware property but provide before and after screenshots of at least win7 and win8.1 (not win 8) or later with 125% scaling. - Phil > Thanks, > Alexandr. >> For Windows XP the fix JDK-8076545 needs to be reverted to take the >> personalized windows font into account. >> >> I run SwingSet2 on JDK 8u with the dpiAware=false option on Windows 7 with >> scale 150% and Windows 8.1 with scale 200% and found nothing wrong with it. >> >> As I understand, the fix JDK-6829055 Update application manifests with new >> Windows 7 dpiAware section >> was just an improvement. >> >> Should I remove the dpiAware option from the java.manifiest file in the >> current fix as well? >> >> Thanks, >> Alexandr. >> >> >>> On 5/27/2016 9:32 PM, Phil Race wrote: >>> But my point is that on Windows 8.1 the "125%" font setting is no longer a >>> font setting as such. >>> Either the *whole* app gets scaled, or *nothing* get scaled, so the user >>> complaining about >>> this bug would not have seen his request honoured in the same way as is on >>> Windows 7. >>> >>> Or is setting dpiaware causing us to continue to get "XP Style" scaling as >>> it is known. >>> >>> Disabling that manifest entry and reverting to using API is something we >>> should also be considering >>> but I don't know that this bug is the place to address that change which >>> may cause more problems >>> as well as fix some .. >>> >>> -phil. >>> >>>> On 05/27/2016 11:14 AM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote: >>>>> On 5/27/2016 8:14 PM, Phil Race wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From what I read on the web Windows Vista, 7, and 8, Windows uses this >>>>> setting to scale just >>>>> the fonts, but for 8.1 and 10 it is a whole application scale, so perhaps >>>>> rather than just >>>>> revert the fix, you can make it OS version dependent ? >>>> >>>> To allow the Windows OS scale a java application we need to revert the >>>> fix which sets dpiAvare=true in the java.manifest file. See JDK-8080153 >>>> Cannot disable DPI awareness. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alexandr. >>>>> >>>>> Surface Pro devices are not going to be running Vista or 7 .. and I >>>>> expect most are running >>>>> Windows 8.1 or later by now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Of course you will need to find a way to test this hypothesis : probably >>>>> on a windows 10 >>>>> desktop with 125% scaling to see what happens with the Win L&F. >>>>> >>>>> -phil. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 05/27/2016 09:44 AM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> Could you review the fix: >>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8157838 >>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alexsch/8157838/webrev.00 >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the regression from the fix JDK-8076545 in the JDK 8u. >>>>>> There was a request JDK-8152980 to backport the fix to JDK 8u because a >>>>>> text size is very big on Windows 10 with UI scaling set to 300% when the >>>>>> Windows L&F is used. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, this leads to another issue that a personalized Windows font >>>>>> size is not taken into account in Swing app with Windows L&F on JDK 8u. >>>>>> >>>>>> JDK 9 does not run into this issue because it contains support for >>>>>> HiDPI displays which reads the system DPI and scales a whole application >>>>>> with fonts according to system UI scale. >>>>>> >>>>>> The proposed solution is just to revert back the initial JDK-8076545 >>>>>> fix for JDK 8u only. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Alexandr. >