Bug report #12671

Cursor icon is too small on HiDPI screen

Added by Alessandro Pasotti over 9 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:Alessandro Pasotti
Category:GUI
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:20778

Description

Cursor icon size is hardcoded to 16x16 in many parts of the code (for example: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/qgisapp.cpp#L2317)

this makes the cursor very difficult to see.

The modification I suggest is to add a new QgsApp method that returns the zoom factor, calculated on a 96 dpi base, this will allow to resize all GUI parts by multiplying by the zoom factor.

To get current DPI you can use (Python code):

QgsApplication.instance().desktop().physicalDpiX()

The very same method could be used to resize icons and other GUI elements.

Related issues

Related to QGIS Application - Feature request #11103: Support for retina displays (HiDPI) Closed 2014-08-26

Associated revisions

Revision 7ae8e164
Added by Alessandro Pasotti almost 7 years ago

[bugfix][hidpi] Scalable SVG theme cursors

Add support for SVG cursor:

ZoomIn,
      ZoomOut,
      Identify,
      CrossHair,
      CapturePoint,
      Select,
      Sampler,

Icons are provisional: they need some love from
a decent graphics designer.

Fixes #12671

History

#1 Updated by Anita Graser about 9 years ago

  • Assignee set to Alessandro Pasotti

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Priority changed from High to Normal

#3 Updated by Anita Graser over 7 years ago

  • Affected QGIS version changed from 2.8.1 to master
  • Target version set to Future Release - High Priority

This is still an issue.

For example, the identify tool cursor is so tiny that it is barely usable.

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Regression? set to No
  • Easy fix? set to No

#5 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti almost 7 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

I have a working prototype and I can fix the C++ side for cursor icons that are
- scalable
- SVG-based
- themable

but I'm not that good at SVG for creating the icons themselves any volunteer?

we need the icons that are listed in this file:

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/gui/qgscursors.cpp#L23

#6 Updated by Anonymous almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#7 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented

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