Message text changes font size

Not sure why, but some messages in the log change their font size. Is there such a feature in LogViewPlus where it automatically tries to format the text? If yes, how can I turn this off?

Here you can see that the messages have different font size. The correct font size is that of the message in the middle.

Hi Samaursa,

Thanks for reporting this issue.

I believe this is a bug which has been fixed in the latest beta release - v2.6.1.

Hope that helps,

Toby

Whatever you changed in 2.6.1 made it worse for me. I now have these weird giant fonts in different areas of the application. I tried reducing the font size, but that just made some of the text so small as to be unreadable, while the giant text in other areas is still huge.

That's very strange Brad - I haven't seen LogViewPlus displayed like that before.  What are your display settings?  Does the problem persist after restarting LogViewPlus? Note that LogViewPlus may need to be restarted after modifying display settings.

Yes, the issue persisted even after rebooting. Then I downgraded to 2.6.0 and everything was normal again. Tried reinstalling 2.6.1 and got huge fonts, so now I'm back to 2.6.0.

In terms of display settings, it's running in a Parallels virtual machine, so the display settings are managed by Parallels. It's set to the default, which has always worked perfectly. I've never had this issue with any other application, nor has this happened in any version of LVP, other than 2.6.1.

Thanks Brad,

We have had reports of issues with LogViewPlus scaling when run over an RDP connection and I suspect this is a similar issue.

There is a lot of communication happening between the controls displayed and Windows.  It is actually Windows which instructs the controls regarding how they should be scaled.  The screenshot you attached above is particularly interesting because I can see different fonts used by the same control types.  That is particularly strange and indicates that Windows is not sure how to scale the controls.

What I would suggest is adding the DisableScaling flag to the shortcut you use to start LogViewPlus:

logviewplus.exe -DisableScaling

This will run LogViewPlus in a less sophisticated mode.  LogViewPlus should display fine, but the text will not be as crisp.

We do not currently have plans to support scaling LogViewPlus in RDP like scenarios.  I will look into disabling scaling automatically when LogViewPlus is running over RDP and a high DPI is detected, but I am not sure if this change will help with the Parallels VM.

Hope that helps.  Thanks for reporting this issue Brad.

Toby

That shortcut approach isn't really convenient, because it will have to be updated every time a new version is released. How about if you add a checkbox in the Font Settings screen?

That's a good idea - thanks!

As a temporary solution, if you create your own shortcut, this should not be replaced when updating.

As mentioned, I will also look into applying this setting automatically when LogViewPlus detects scenarios where it is unlikely to display correctly.

Hi Brad,

Just a quick update to let you know that the 2.6.2 BETA release is now available.

This release includes two new settings:



The first settings turns DPI scaling on or off.  This effectively replaces the DisableScaling flag mentioned above.

The second controls DirectX rendering.  DirectX rendering is recommend as it is faster and usually provides a better visual experience.  However, it may cause issues when displaying in some environments such as RDP or virtual machines.

These two settings should provide much more control over the display experience.

Hope that helps,

Toby

Yes, that works perfectly, thanks!

Glad that helped Brad - thanks for letting me know. 

Good idea to add this as an application setting.  Thanks for the suggestion!

Toby