[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The fix for IDLE on Windows made it into 3.6.6rc1 and 3.7.0rc1. Changing the python.exe and pythonw.exe default dpi settings is a possible issue for 3.8, and should have Steve.Dower nosy. -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Elisha Paine, who prompted #33656 by posting the SetProcessDpiAwareness(1) fix to the idledev list, wrote to me that pyglet and probably pygame have similar issues. I wonder if Python should be installed with the 'application' setting, or if DPI adjustment

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Eric Fahlgren added the comment: I used the default Application setting. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Do any of the Windows experts know what "Override high DPI scaling behavior" on properties does? Does it call SetProcessDpiAwareness? It seems so. The answer would have implications for #33656 (which is about fixing this issue in IDLE, as Westly

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Eric Fahlgren added the comment: Still blurry with 3.6.5 on Win 10 with a 2560x1600 monitor at 125% scaling (I compared it to 2.7.15, they looked identical). If I go to the Windows properties for pythonw.exe and turn on "Override high DPI scaling behavior" it's nice and sharp. --

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Westly, #31500 changed font scaling for IDLE on high DPI screens. It also removed some hard-coding of frame sizes in terms of pixels. Does anything look better for you with current IDLE (3.6.5, 3.7.0)? -- ___

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Westley Martínez added the comment: IDLE 3.5.1 on Windows 10 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue26698] Tk DPI awareness

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: This is not an IDLE issue, and probably not a tkinter issue. The display of characters on a screen is done by the OS font software under direction of tcl/tk. What OS are you running and what version of Tk (see IDLE -> Help -> About IDLE)? --