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Java command line parameters for Eclipse-IDE [message #1791862]

Fri, 06 July 2018 09:47

Oliver Ried

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Registered: August 2014

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I have updated from Eclipse 4.4.2 to 4.7.3 and the new version appears "bigger" than the old one (fonts and graphics).
I have "upscaled" my resolution in Windows, but this never had an impact on Eclipse.
I know that Java 9 (and higher) "include" the Windows-upscaling, but I am using Java 8.
It seems that the newer versions of Eclipse are influenced by the Windows-upscaling.

Is it possible to start Eclipse with the command line parameter -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 to suppress the new scaling?
I have tried to put this parameter at the start of eclipse, but the following does not work:

eclipse.exe -vm -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 C:\jdk1.8.0_172\bin\javaw -vmargs -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m
eclipse.exe -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 -vm C:\jdk1.8.0_172\bin\javaw -vmargs -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m

I have searched a lot but I found only descriptions how to modify the command line parameter from eclipse applications (Run-menu), but I do not want to set the run-options of my applications. I want to set the start-options from eclipse itself.

Is it possible to apply the parameter -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 on the Eclipse-IDE?

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