Opened 13 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#8322 closed defect (duplicate)
Windows version of VirtualBox should declare itself DPI-aware
| Reported by: | Sophie | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description (last modified by )
I use a custom DPI setting on Windows and as far as I can tell, VirtualBox is fine with high DPI settings. However, it doesn't declare itself DPI-aware, meaning that on Windows 7 by default it will be subject to DPI Virtualization, where the OS gives the app an off-screen 96 DPI surface to draw on, which the OS then scales up for display. Needless to say, this results in blurry interfaces. I think it's probably a good idea if VirtualBox were to declare itself DPI-aware.
Normally I'd get around this by setting the compatibility properties, but my version of VirtualBox is a 64-bit app and as such, Windows 7 doesn't allow me to change those.
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comment:1 by , 13 years ago
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
This appears to have been fixed in 4.1.0. For the first time, I haven't found it necessary to add the manifest tags. :)
comment:3 by , 13 years ago
That said, I'm not entirely sure *why* it's fixed in 4.1.0, since I don't see any changes to the manifest, and I don't yet see a SetProcessDPIAware call. Maybe it's something I've done. I'll see if I can find anything out.
comment:4 by , 13 years ago
Also, it looks like it now deals with DPI wrongly in the machine list, causing names to get cut off. I'll upload a screenshot - this was taken at 120 DPI on Windows 7 64-bit.
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | virtualbox-dpi.png added |
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VirtualBox main window at 120 DPI - notice the names and statuses are cut off
comment:5 by , 13 years ago
I've downgraded back to 4.0.12 because it's hard to tell between VMs with this bug, and 4.0.12 works fine, even with the patched manifest that tells Windows that VirtualBox is DPI-aware. I'm happy to upgrade to 4.1.0 for additional testing, though.
comment:6 by , 12 years ago
This (that is, the text being cut off as shown in the image) is still occurring in 4.1.6.
If I can do anything to help track down this bug, please let me know. (I'm fairly certain it's to do with DPI settings though! To be clear, in Windows 7 that's the "Make text and other items larger or smaller" part of the Control Panel.)
comment:7 by , 11 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → duplicate |
| Status: | new → closed |
Duplicate of #9864 and fixed in VBox 4.2.x.
For the record, I'm currently getting around this by editing the manifest myself. Adding the appropriate tags (see the page UI linked in the bug) allows VirtualBox to work just fine.