scale widget-based app
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I have a widget-based desktop application, on which I need to make all items larger, because user will be somewhat further from computer screen. Is there a way to do this?
I searched the Internet and found that widgets scale themselves according to
QScreen::devicePixelRatio(). However, I couldn't find out how to override its return value.I'm using Qt 5.5.1.
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Hi,
What kind of application is it ?
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@m_andrej said:
QScreen::devicePixelRatio()
Im not sure u can override it as such.
Its meant for support for higher res
screen which will be better supported in Qt 5.6.Your use case sounds like you want to have a design where
all MUCH bigger than it normally would. ? -
@m_andrej said:
QScreen::devicePixelRatio()
Im not sure u can override it as such.
Its meant for support for higher res
screen which will be better supported in Qt 5.6.Your use case sounds like you want to have a design where
all MUCH bigger than it normally would. ? -
@mrjj said:
Your use case sounds like you want to have a design where
all MUCH bigger than it normally would. ?I don't understand your question.
ok. sorry if unclear.
Normally QScreen::devicePixelRatio() is used to scale the size of buttons etc
so on high res screens they do not become way to small.It sounds to me that you are looking for a solution to scale whole GUI so its
much bigger than a normal desktop app would have it so they can be seen
from further away ? -
Yes, I want to make the whole GUI approximately twice as big. Not just text, but also buttons etc.
If
QScreen::devicePixelRatio()isn't the way to go, is it possible to adjust the size of controls by using Qt Style Sheets?My UI isn't so rich, contains just a couple of repeating widgets (buttons, tab bar, line edits), so I could just add some code to style sheet for each control type.
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Ok. i understand.
Have you used layouts for the GUI?
So it already scales to mainwindow?Also, must it support many different screen sizes/resolution or
you know before hand what the target screen will be ?I think style sheet could work. However some controls might change the look when
you apply style sheet.Could u show an image of the interface?
maybe a easy way was just to travel all Widgets and scale by some factor.
