On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 02:28:12AM -0700, Gordon Lee wrote: > Hi, > > I use a laptop with a non-hidpi screen. I have a 4k external monitor and I > hotplug it often. I set 2 screens in my qtile config so whenever I plug in > an external monitor, I restart qtile to get both screens (obviously > enabling and positioning the external monitor before doing so) > > The problem is this. The old windows (the programs I open before hot > plugging) are fine. The cursor size remains the same. However when I open > new windows, they are scaled 4 times the size, i guess this is because my > external monitor is 4k and my internal one is 1080p. > > Is there a fix for this?
Not really, X11 only supports one global DPI setting for the whole server. Wayland does this better, so maybe help with the Wayland port? I think svig has a branch somewhere that is in the works :). The bindings are here: https://github.com/flacjacket/pywayland Tycho -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qtile-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/20200715131619.GL2700617%40cisco.
