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Cinnamon's System Tray does not scale icons on Hi-DPI properly (aliasing)
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Description
* Cinnamon version: 4.0.10
* Distribution: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa x86_64
* Graphics hardware: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
* Graphics Driver: 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
* Resolution: 4k (3840x2160)
* User interface scaling: Double (Hi-DPI)
* Window borders: Mint-Y-Dark
* Icons: Papirus-Dark
* Controls: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue
* Desktop: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue
Issue
Cinnamon's System Tray does not scale icons on HiDPI properly. The image below shows discord and update manager icons aliased.
Steps to reproduce
Have a Hi-DPI monitor
Install some apps that generate system tray icons
Preferences -> General -> User interface scaling: Double (Hi-DPI)
Expected behaviour
Cinnamon's System Tray icons should be scaled to Hi-DPI as the others (bluetooth, ethernet, sound, time anb desktop)
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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named in the report. First reproduce the issue with Cinnamon 4.0.10 using the listed Hi-DPI settings and tray applications, then trace the system-tray icon handling; done means tray icons render without aliasing at double UI scaling and existing icon behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100