Grid dots too small on high DPI displays (Eeschema) (lp:#1660560)
Original report created by Robert Nicoll (virtual81)
When using Eeschema on a Notebook PC a 14" 1440p (QHD) display the dots
that make up the grid are unable to be seen with the naked eye at ordinary
sitting distance.
When peering up close to the screen the green dots are visible.
Solutions could be to increase dot size, or make dots black, thus using all
3 (RGB) sub pixels.
Also mentioned in the forum by davidsrsb...
"High DPI displays are also the root cause of the hard to see unrouted
connection lines in OpenGL canvas.
This will be an increasing problem as pixel size continues to shrink"
I'm new to KiCad thus am not familiar with this issue, but suspect it too
to be relevant, and suspect i may come across it when the time comes.
Also a fair point made re pixel sizes shrinking, something that will need
to be catered for in future.
Version Info...
Application: kicad
Version: 4.0.5 release build
wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1009,GCC
5.2.0,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian,
wxMSW
Boost version: 1.57.0
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
Original tags: eeschema grid hdpi