Hi-DPI display support
Status: In progress
Description
Make GNOME work well on hi-dpi displays such as the Chromebook Pixel. This is done by implicitly scaling all output by a factor of 2. Applications mostly don't have to care about this, they operate in 'abstract pixel' space. The bulk of the work is happening in GTK+.
Owner
Alex Larsson
Involved Parties
GTK+ team, gnome-shell team, cairo developers, artists
Current Status
The GTK+ changes are almost complete in 3.9.10. The GTK+ changes require a new cairo API to have any effect. This is not available in cairo 1.12. The needed changes are in cairo master now, and will appear in 1.13.
Outstanding pieces:
705409 Scale cursors 705915 Add hi-dpi support to clutter
705412 Draw hi-dpi versions of many (all ?) icons
How you can help
If you have a hi-dpi laptop, try it out according to the instructions at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2013-July/msg00007.html, and report any issues you find.