Enable Unity7 for high-DPI desktop displays

Registered by Stephen M. Webb

Display devices with higher pixel densities are becoming more widespread and available in the consumer space. Unity7 does not currently work well on such displays due to hard-coded pixel sizes and assumptions about the interaction between pixel densities and view sizes. Some featires in Unity7 need to be adjusted to accommodate the newer hardware.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
Stephen M. Webb
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Stephen M. Webb
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Unity Maintainers
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Proposed for trusty
Implementation:
Beta Available
Milestone target:
milestone icon ubuntu-14.02
Started by
Stephen M. Webb

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Work Items

Work items:
[hikiko] add a text scaling factor setter to Ubuntu control center: INPROGRESS
[brandontschaefer] adjust Unity Panel to make height dynamic based on text size: INPROGRESS
[brandontschaefer] adjust OSD to handle dynamic text sizes: INPROGRESS
[brandontschaefer] adjust overlay scrollbars to track text scaling: TODO
[brandontschaefer] adjust window controls to track text scaling: TODO
adjust Unity Shortcuts screen to track text scaling: TODO

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