Support for high pixel density displays

[Merlin04]

I have display scaling on Ubuntu set to 200% (my laptop screen is 4k so if I didn't, everything would be really small), but this doesn't work on Snowflake:

[subhra74]

noted.

[scriptburn]

I upvote this

[hreidar]

same issue here, unusable with 200% scaled displays

[subhra74]

Till the issue is fixed, you can use below work around:
Set scale factor via command line:
java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar snowflake.jar

If you have installed snowflake from the deb file then use below command:
/out/snowflake/java-runtime/bin/java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /out/snowflake/snowflake.jar

[shawnbyday]

Till the issue is fixed, you can use below work around:
Set scale factor via command line:
java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar snowflake.jar

If you have installed snowflake from the deb file then use below command:
/out/snowflake/java-runtime/bin/java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /out/snowflake/snowflake.jar

Deb file command: java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /opt/snowflake/snowflake.jar

Are there command line arguments we can pass to snowflake from the launcher icon to do this for us so we don't have to launch it from a terminal?

[tuncaybahadir]

Till the issue is fixed, you can use below work around:
Set scale factor via command line:
java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar snowflake.jar
If you have installed snowflake from the deb file then use below command:
/out/snowflake/java-runtime/bin/java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /out/snowflake/snowflake.jar

Deb file command: java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /opt/snowflake/snowflake.jar

Are there command line arguments we can pass to snowflake from the launcher icon to do this for us so we don't have to launch it from a terminal?

of course there is :)
Turn on the console, then execute the commands below.

sudo su
nano /usr/bin/snowflake

next
java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale = 2.5 -jar /opt/snowflake/snowflake.jar
Add it as a new line and add # at the beginning of the previous command or into the current query.
-Dsun.java2d.uiScale = 2.5
Add the parameter, save and exit, that's it.

[langelova]

@tuncaybahadir I have tried these steps and nothing changed in the UI. I have snowflake installed on my Ubuntu 21.10 from snap. Do you have maybe other suggestions?

[lrkwz]

I wish to use the snap install; how can I set -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 ?

The file meta/snap.yaml looks like the right place but it is located on a read-only squashfs mount point.

[langelova]

I managed to fix the problem by editing a file named snowflake_snowflake.desktop. I have replaced the end of the line starting with "Exec" with java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 -jar /snap/snowflake/2/jar/snowflake-1.0.4-full.jar

[tuncaybahadir]

@langelova I haven't tried it on 21.10 yet I'll try to help if I can.

[langelova]

@tuncaybahadir Thanks but I already found a solution, it is described above.

[tuncaybahadir]

@langelova I didn't notice :) I'm glad the problem is solved.