It worked! You are awesome, Ben! Thanks so much! Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 14, 2017, at 2:23 AM, Ben Shum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > Yes, this happens on most higher definition displays on newer laptops > where there are more pixels in the screen area than the screen used to > have. These HiDPI screens can be worked with by changing the value > assigned in the Evergreen staff client for "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" > > If you are an admin in the client (with the right permission or all > permissions), you can adjust this setting by going to "Admin" -> "For > developers" -> "about:config". There will be a warning issued there > about how changing settings here may void your warranty that you have > to click through the "I'll be careful, I promise!" and then it will > list out all the options that can be changed under the hood. > (warning, this may void your warranty, so click carefully :) ) > > The default field is the search field, so key in > "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" and see when that setting shows up, you > can see that it is normally set to a value of "1.0" by default. You > can change this value to higher numbers to increase the overall zoomed > appearance of icons, menus, etc. in the staff client. Just > double-click on the preference name for "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" > and then key in the increased value you want. For my purposes, I've > found "1.25" (25% bigger) to "1.5" (50% bigger) to be pretty effective > on various HiDPI screens, but you can always try higher values to see > how it behaves. I don't think it'll increase the size of the top > menus (file, edit, search, etc.), but having the majority of the > content shift size is pretty handy to resolve the issue you've > described in your email. > > Hope this proves helpful to you! > > Cheers, > > -- Ben > >> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 12:38 AM, Mary Llewellyn <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm looking for some guidance. I just got a MS Surface Pro 4/Windows 10 >> system to replace an aging desktop workstation and I've run into a problem >> with the Evergreen client. The display is seriously small on most screens, >> such as the opening portal screen, the Advance Search screen, the OPAC view, >> patron registration, and more. The volume/copy editor is a more normally >> sized display; the record bucket isn't too bad, but when you go to merge >> records, the MARC record is too small to read. This is a problem even when I >> am using a full sized monitor attached to the machine. >> >> I've played with client workstation settings to change font size. I've >> played with various screen resolutions in Windows. I've tried changes to the >> compatibility settings in the properties of the software, trying running is >> as though it was in Windows 7 and disabling the display scaling on high DPI >> settings. I've tried running compatibility tests. Nothing helps. The >> compatibility test reports the client is incompatible, yet I have colleagues >> using the client on a regular laptop and Windows 10 with no problems. >> >> Is there anything else I can do to fix the display? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Llewellyn >> Database Manager >> Bibliomation, Inc. >> 24 Wooster Ave. >> Waterbury, CT 06708 >> [email protected] > > > > -- > Benjamin Shum > Evergreener
