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LordChaos73

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Registered: 2008-11-11

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[SOLVED] Running SQL Developer on a 1440p (HiDpi) screen - small UI

Hi,

Unfortunately, I need Oracle SQL Developer now and then. I have a new laptop, but my previous laptop also had a 1440p screen and somehow I was able to scale the UI.
Apparently I forgot how to do it or something else changed because whatever I try, the UI stays unbearably small.

First some observations:

* SQL Developer doesn't seem to work with JDK9 or later
* I'm using Oracle's JDK 8 at the moment from the aur (jdk8 8u202-1)

I'm starting SQL Developer with the following command:

_JAVA_OPTIONS='-Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2 -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dswing.aatext=true' ./sqldeveloper.sh

Unfortunately, the sun.java2d.uiScale=2 option doesn't seem to do anything.

Am I missing something here?

Last edited by LordChaos73 (2019-03-27 11:13:58)

LordChaos73

Member

From: .nl

Registered: 2008-11-11

Posts: 183

Re: [SOLVED] Running SQL Developer on a 1440p (HiDpi) screen - small UI

I was only able to solve this by using jdk9 from the aur. It scales SQL Developer properly out of the box.