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Issue created Mar 17, 2022 by Øyvind Teig@aclassifier

Grid thickness default is (probably) invisible on 4k screens

Description

As a new user, the dots did not show up on my 4k 21.5" iMac and my first thought was that there was something wrong. But then: a pixel turned out be too small on my screen. I suggest that the grid thickness default is set in steps, depending on the screen pixel width. I ended up with 3.0 pixels. (I don't think it needs to be set depending on age, even if that probably would have been a good idea (pun intended)). I have just now also filed another matter about grid thickness: Issue 11162: Grid thickness does not survive crash.

Maybe grid thickness and dot thickness should have been separate parameters?

Steps to reproduce

  1. Experiment with grid thickness over screen sizes
  2. Imagine you're 70+ and wear glasses (no pun) as an argument to actually do as I suggest

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor

Version: (6.0.2-0), release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.1.5
	libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.6.5 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.1

Platform: macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G9323), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac

Build Info:
	Date: Feb 11 2022 19:53:03
	wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,wx containers)
	Boost: 1.76.0
	OCC: 7.6.0
	Curl: 7.64.1
	ngspice: 35
	Compiler: Clang 12.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
	KICAD_SPICE=ON
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