Bug 478559 - Wifi and airplane mode switches are blurry
Summary: Wifi and airplane mode switches are blurry
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: System Tray (show other bugs)
Version: 5.90.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: qt6
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-12-15 15:09 UTC by Henning
Modified: 2023-12-20 20:03 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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image of the networks applet (71.04 KB, image/png)
2023-12-15 15:09 UTC, Henning
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second screenshot, hopefully less blurry (73.34 KB, image/png)
2023-12-15 15:12 UTC, Henning
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plasma5-125%-noblur (146.79 KB, image/jpeg)
2023-12-19 03:51 UTC, Henning
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plasma5-adapta-systray-icons (152.88 KB, image/jpeg)
2023-12-19 03:51 UTC, Henning
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Description Henning 2023-12-15 15:09:46 UTC
Created attachment 164194 [details]
image of the networks applet

I am using 125% scaling on a 1920*1080p Screen, Fedora Kinoite beta Plasma 6.

All the icons are crisp, at least somewhat, but the small icons next to the toggles are more blurry.

Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 5.90.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.246.0
Qt Version: 6.6.1
Kernel Version: 6.7.0-0.rc4.20231208git5e3f5b81de80.38.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U w/ Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
Memory: 21.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Comment 1 Henning 2023-12-15 15:12:06 UTC
Created attachment 164195 [details]
second screenshot, hopefully less blurry
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-12-15 22:54:34 UTC
If you look closely, the other icons in the popup are a bit blurry too--and by approximately the same amount. This is unfortunately simply the expected outcome with 125% scaling. To learn more about the reason why, I'd recommend reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Design/Frequently_Discussed_Topics#Pixel-alignment_for_SVG_icons
Comment 3 Henning 2023-12-19 03:47:16 UTC
hmm. on Plasma 5 my display is also scaled 125% and it is not blurry

I personally prefer the Adapta icons a lot, so I created a mini Plasma5-style that only has those. They work better for me on scaled HiDPI monitors (where for example the clipboard icon, the speaker icon and the wifi icon with their 1px thickness dont work at all it seems).

I would be very happy if Plasma6 could adapt the Adapta icons for the system tray, as they are simply better. All the rest is fine.
Comment 4 Henning 2023-12-19 03:51:09 UTC
Created attachment 164282 [details]
plasma5-125%-noblur
Comment 5 Henning 2023-12-19 03:51:33 UTC
Created attachment 164283 [details]
plasma5-adapta-systray-icons
Comment 6 Henning 2023-12-19 04:00:54 UTC
hmm. looking at it again, it simply feels as if the icons are more blurry, but they are not. Its the reduced contrast that makes them look like that.

I think, if fractional scaling makes the thin lines look bad, they should not be replaced then.

https://discuss.kde.org/t/replace-systray-icons-to-reduce-fractional-scaling-blur/8891
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2023-12-20 20:03:25 UTC
Replied on that thread. :)