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daigennki

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Registered: 2020-10-23

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[SOLVED] KDE icons are small with HiDPI on fresh install

Hi. I recently newly installed Arch Linux with KDE on my laptop, and I noticed that while both my desktop PC and laptop both have "Global scale" in KDE System Settings set to 150%, some icons appear small on the laptop. I've checked the "HiDPI" wiki page, and everything seems to check out. What gives? Did I forget to configure something on the laptop?

Desktop PC (what I expect):

Laptop (what I believe is incorrect):

I use Dolphin as an example here, but the same issue also appears in other applications such as KDE System Settings.

Last edited by daigennki (2022-06-08 10:52:44)

daigennki

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Registered: 2020-10-23

Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] KDE icons are small with HiDPI on fresh install

Odd, the icons on the laptop don't appear small anymore and appear as I expect them to now after I left the laptop shut down for a while. I think it might be because I reset then applied one of the HiDPI-related settings in KDE System Settings, then a reboot fixed the issue, though I'm not completely sure.

Last edited by daigennki (2022-06-08 10:55:52)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE icons are small with HiDPI on fresh install

Not all UI related adjustments can be immediately applied, generally restarting the application in question should properly reload based on current configuration, whihc is what I'm suspecting to have happened.