Bug 479529

Summary: Icons noticeably blurrier with fractional scaling enabled
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: siddharth.manthan
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major CC: kde
Priority: NOR Keywords: qt6
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Plasma 5 UI
Plasma 6 UI

Description siddharth.manthan 2024-01-08 09:49:56 UTC
Created attachment 164741 [details]
Plasma 5 UI

SUMMARY
The icons and quite possibly the UI of plasma 6 is noticeably blurrier. On plasma 5 it was sharp. It might be related to fractional scaling.

Please see the attached screenshots for comparision.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set fractional scaling to 125%

OBSERVED RESULT
Blurry UI or Icons

EXPECTED RESULT
Sharp UI and Icons

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Rawhide
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 6 Beta 2
Comment 1 siddharth.manthan 2024-01-08 09:50:28 UTC
Created attachment 164742 [details]
Plasma 6 UI
Comment 2 siddharth.manthan 2024-01-09 06:04:44 UTC
I did not know I had to add qt6 keyword, and could not modify this bug so opened a new one at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479564. Also added more information in the new bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 479564 ***