Two monitors with very different resolutions

[André Miranda]

Hi,
HiDPI is something that has improved a lot with the move to Gtk 3 but still
there are rough edges.

If you only use HiDPI monitors, it should be just a matter of Scaling in
Appearance > Settings. Perhaps some more fine tuning[1] could be needed.

When mixing HiDPI with regular monitors things tend to be less than
optimal, namely you have to apply xrandr scaling to one of the monitors.
In 4.14, there is a hidden option (use Settings Editor and explore the
Display channel) while in the upcoming 4.16 that's conveniently exposed in
the UI[2].

1 - https://dougie.io/linux/hidpi-retina-i3wm/
2 - https://andreldm.com/2020/09/12/xfce4.16pre1#settings

Hope that helps,
Andre Miranda

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:00 AM <xfce-request at xfce.org> wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:24:39 -0500
> From: carl at finknetwork.com
> To: xfce at xfce.org
> Subject: Re: Two monitors with very different resolutions
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> Hello,
>
> I use XFCE4 on my Debian Buster box. I just added a UHD monitor to my
> desk, side by
> side with a "mere" HD (1080p) monitor. With the basic settings, this
> means that I can
> set DPI to make text on the HD monitor huge, or as an alternative make
> the text on
> the UHD monitor tiny.
>
> Is there a setting in XFCE to have the DPI settings on the two monitors
> be different? Or
> in general, to accommodate two monitors with very different resolutions?
> Other graphical
> subsystems [coughWindowscough] can do this automatically.
>
> Thank you.
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>
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