Hi there,
when I open WeBuilder16 on my Microsoft Surface Pro 4, the GUI is too small in most cases and in a few cases it is a bit too big.
I use the latest version of WeBuilder16 14.1.0.185 (will there be a WeBuilder17?)
Here is a Screenshot where I marked most of the GUI Elements that are not resized correctly (the Zoom in Windows is set to 200%).
Orange/Red means the Elements are way too small.
Yellow means the Elements are a bit too big.
Screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/b8051
Best regards,
Daniel
GUI Scaling on High DPI Screen (Surface Pro 4)
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Multicoder
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Re: GUI Scaling on High DPI Screen (Surface Pro 4)
Hello, as we are also Surface Pro 4 users we are painfully aware of this problem and we are looking for a solution. For now, you can improve the main toolbar by right-clicking it -> Customize -> Options -> Large items.
Blumentals Software Programmer
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Multicoder
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Re: GUI Scaling on High DPI Screen (Surface Pro 4)
Great! Thank you very much for that hint! Much less eye-pain now 
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Re: GUI Scaling on High DPI Screen (Surface Pro 4)
Hey,
sorry to dig this thread up again, but I just found out (due to a YT Video of GameFromScratch) that there is a better built in scaling for high DPI screens in Windows 10, now.
Just right click on the webuilder.exe, go to the compatibility tab, check the checkbox near "Override high DPI scaling..." and select "System (Enhanced)" in the select-box below.
When I first started webuilder after changing this, it crashed. I clicked on "close application" in the dialog, started it again and now it's running all fine with proper scaling!
Here is the YT Video in case you are interested (the fixing begins at roughly 5:30) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO4v_c6-hk0
sorry to dig this thread up again, but I just found out (due to a YT Video of GameFromScratch) that there is a better built in scaling for high DPI screens in Windows 10, now.
Just right click on the webuilder.exe, go to the compatibility tab, check the checkbox near "Override high DPI scaling..." and select "System (Enhanced)" in the select-box below.
When I first started webuilder after changing this, it crashed. I clicked on "close application" in the dialog, started it again and now it's running all fine with proper scaling!
Here is the YT Video in case you are interested (the fixing begins at roughly 5:30) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO4v_c6-hk0
Re: GUI Scaling on High DPI Screen (Surface Pro 4)
The upcoming version will be using big icons for higher DPIs automatically (we had to change and redraw all of our icons to make this possible) and larger themes for things like document tab close buttons etc. If you use Windows built-in scaling, it will only fix the text, everything else will be blurry, so I see it as a last-resort solution only.
Blumentals Software Programmer