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Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1772448]

Sun, 10 September 2017 03:44

Eclipse User

I get tiny icons on my eclipse oxygen.

I've tried configuring eclipse.ini file with no success.

I've tried adding:
-Dswt.autoScale=175 [askubuntu.com/questions/777411/eclipse-neon-icon-size-in-ubuntu-16-04-hidpi]

and:
-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware=true [dzone.com/articles/how-to-fix-resolution-problems-with-high-dpi-scree]

But both didn't help at all.

My java version:
Quote:

iko@iko-Lenovo-YOGA-910-13IKB:~$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_131"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3-b11)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)

My resolution:
Quote:

iko@iko-Lenovo-YOGA-910-13IKB:~$ xrandr --query
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 2160, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
3840x2160 60.01*+

my eclipse.ini file:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar
--launcher.library
/home/iko/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.500.v20170531-1133
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
-showsplash
org.eclipse.epp.package.common
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vm
/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/bin
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace
-XX:+UseG1GC
-XX:+UseStringDeduplication
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-Declipse.p2.max.threads=10
-Doomph.update.url=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/updates/milestone/latest
-Doomph.redirection.index.redirection=index:/->http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/plain/setups/

What can I do to make the icons bigger?

Thanks

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Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1775241 is a reply to message #1772448]

Thu, 26 October 2017 12:10

Eclipse User

Set the scale to 2 in display settings. That will enable hidpi in eclipse.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1776963 is a reply to message #1775241]

Thu, 23 November 2017 04:42

Eclipse User

Thanks, but more words please.

What do you mean by display settings?

And is this solution only for high res monitors?

I want bigger icons on standards 1920x1080. Annoyed for years there is no easy way to do this.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1777071 is a reply to message #1776963]

Fri, 24 November 2017 04:47

Eclipse User

There are some SWT system properties you might try: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=421383#c155

I know in Oxygen the platform has added a lot of new icons with double resolution, so they still look nice when scaled...

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1777152 is a reply to message #1777071]

Sat, 25 November 2017 01:34

Eclipse User

Tried those long ago (though I won't swear I tried every combination). It is my understand those settings are explicitly about HIDPI, which is what I am saying I do not want. The icons are too small on a 1920 laptop... Roger

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1777163 is a reply to message #1777152]

Sat, 25 November 2017 04:14

Eclipse User

I tried this and it made all my icons twice as big:

-Dswt.enable.autoScale=true
-Dswt.autoScale=200
-Dswt.autoScale.method=nearest

What did you try that did not work?

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1777165 is a reply to message #1777163]

Sat, 25 November 2017 04:39

Eclipse User

Sorry, a while ago and don't still have my notes. I just know it was similar settings, but apparently not the same. And all the online discussion was about HIDPI.

I do certainly take you at your word that it works on more traditional resolution (1920x1280 or some such).

I will try this today. Thanks.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1777247 is a reply to message #1777163]

Mon, 27 November 2017 09:54

Eclipse User

Works! Thanks!

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1778749 is a reply to message #1777247]

Wed, 20 December 2017 12:44

Eclipse User

My icons are normal, but fonts in Window > Preferences are unreadable, I'll postathe screenshot when I'll have permission to do so.

I'm using Eclipse Version: Oxygen.1a Release (4.7.1a) Build id: 20171005-1200 on Archlinux with XFCE 4.12.
My screen is a 13.3" 1920x1080 and I'm using 168 DPI in XFCE fonts settings.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1779436 is a reply to message #1777163]

Sun, 07 January 2018 20:15

Eclipse User

worked like a charm for me although I made them 150 %
-Dswt.autoScale=150

and should be repeated this goes in eclipse.ini file
also, the icons look grainy , but at least they are bigger

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1779443 is a reply to message #1779436]

Mon, 08 January 2018 00:10

Eclipse User

I'm not sure which release started supporting higher resolution icons, but certainly in Oxygen, if you specify 200% scaling, many projects have started to provide higher resolution icons that override the lower resolution icons at this scaling factor. Of course that might make them a little too big for your taste, but at least they won't be up-scaled from a lower resolution icon. I'm not sure if they are ever down-scaled from the higher resolution icon but that's not doubt not ideal either.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1780089 is a reply to message #1779443]

Wed, 17 January 2018 04:53

Eclipse User

I had this problem when I changed my default Windows 10 language from Eng to Italian, with Eclipse being installed when default language was Eng. Reverting Windows language to Eng and rebooting solved the problem. I don't know what's happened, Windows rename some folders like C:\Users translating it in your default language (i.e. C:\Utenti) and maybe this is causing problems.

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1793220 is a reply to message #1777163]

Wed, 01 August 2018 13:27

Eclipse User

I place these in my eclipse.ini file and worked nicely. Thanks!

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1827150 is a reply to message #1793220]

Fri, 08 May 2020 05:34

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I know this is an old post, but I have trouble seeing the file and directory icons on my laptop's 1366 x 768 screen.

This solution works, but it also makes all icons in eclipse larger.

I only want to make the icons for the files and directories in Subclipse and Project Explorer larger.

This is a really good fix for when I get a much larger (27") HD monitor though.

:)

Re: Tiny icons with eclipse oxygen on HIDPI resolution (3840x2160) with UBUNTU 16.04 [message #1827827 is a reply to message #1827150]

Mon, 25 May 2020 03:39

Eclipse User

Everything works fine, thanks.

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