What resolution is your screen and what is your windows scaling set to?

[shiphen]

Hello

Out of interest, what resolution (and physical size) is your screen and what is your Windows scaling set to?

My screen is 24" and 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), and I have set my Windows operating system's "scaling" to 175%, which is the absolute minimum for me. Any smaller scaling and the text all my applications becomes too small to read without eye-strain.

Background
I am trying to build the case for my "Dear Xara" request to make the XDP user interface compatible with high res screens.
As things stand I spend my life tweaking my XDP between EITHER having the menus readable OR having the main document window high resolution. And I just can't bring myself to pay for an upgrade that still suffers from this problem.

Yes, I know it's probably a lost cause... but I just love XDP in so many other ways.

J


PS My Dear Xara request is here:
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ser-interface)

[handrawn]

have you considered a bigger and better monitor - unless you have a really top class monitor 24" is too small for 4K.. I just about get away with it with the cintiq pro 24.. but I would have prefered the 32"

[shiphen]

have you considered a bigger and better monitor - unless you have a really top class monitor 24" is too small for 4K.. I just about get away with it with the cintiq pro 24.. but I would have prefered the 32"

Definitely not. My 24 inch monitor is fantastic.

Fwiw, your "Cintiq pro 24" (£1600) is the same physical size as my monitor (24 inches). What scaling are you using?

[handrawn]

200 % which is what windows recommends

ok but it be would less cramped on the screen at a larger size would it not...

with the cintiq, since I am using it as a drawing interface with another [2K] monitor, it is not really an issue - and the cintiq does not exhibit the extremes you are describing [or I am more tolerant to it]

[gwpriester]

1920 x 1200. I have no idea what my scaling is set to.

[Initiostar]

I have been using Xara on a 4K AIO 26in display for over 3 years. Here's a snapshot PDF (via a URL as TG can't handle more than 2MB PDFs!) https://initiostar.co.uk/assets/4K%20Xara%2026in.pdf.

Screen resolution set +150%, option to Fix Scaling for Apps set to ON; works for me. I have to change the Xara Zoom sometimes for the detailed work, but the real upside is I can have a 1920 x 1080 page layout in view with space to spare.

There is an option to change the font size of the handles somewhere which I cannot remember right now, but it can be done (Pro v17 so not sure whether all this applies to all).

Gary

[shiphen]

200 % which is what windows recommends

ok but it be would less cramped on the screen at a larger size would it not...

with the cintiq, since I am using it as a drawing interface with another [2K] monitor, it is not really an issue - and the cintiq does not exhibit the extremes you are describing [or I am more tolerant to it]

Using the Windows 10 operating system scaling of 175%, I can barely read the Xara fields like Width and Height
https://iili.io/JaMVTv.png

At 200% the problem becomes far worse.

Yes, a physically larger screen would theoretically help, however only if you manage to lower the scaling as a result. If not just just get the exact same problems with text disappearing from view (as in my screenshot) only larger!

[handrawn]

as I think I have said before - that misalignment does not happen with my cintiq at 4K and at 200% which is what windows recommends [for my system] - is there any reason that you use 175%, is that what windows recommends for your system ?

[and apart from the misalignment it looks ok to me]