Bug report #21135

Retina display now shows incorrect scale in QGIS 3.4+ for Mac OSX

Added by Jake Bramante about 5 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

Status:Open
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:OsX UI
Affected QGIS version:3.4.0 Regression?:No
Operating System:OSX that supports Retina Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:28953

Description

With support now for Retina displays, the scale needs to be changed to accommodate the increased resolution. The export to Print Composer works correctly, but the working window shows the scale at half (or double, not sure what wording would be correct). For example, if the desired scale is 1:50,000, the print composer will show 1:50,000, but the working window will need to be set to 1:100,000 for the scale to be correct for 1:50,000.

Map 42x30.jpeg - Exported map at 1:145,000 (244 KB) Jake Bramante, 2019-01-30 11:59 PM

Screen Shot 2019-01-30 at 3.50.37 PM.png - Screen shot of QGIS with scale of 1:290,000 (990 KB) Jake Bramante, 2019-01-30 11:59 PM

History

#1 Updated by Nyall Dawson about 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Please try with 3.4.4

#2 Updated by Jake Bramante about 5 years ago

I should have qualified that I'm using 3.4.4. I'm attaching two images. One is a screenshot of my work environment. Notice the relation of the label of the lake names to the shapes. As you can see at the bottom of the screenshot, that scale is set to 1:290,000. I exported the map in Print Composer at 1:145,000 and the scales are identical. When I do this in 2.18.x, I set both the working environment and Print Composer the same and get the same result.

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