High DPI Scaling and size of configuration window issue

[Christian_Essen]

The following problem: I am using Windows 11, KNIME 5.3.1 (modern UI) and a monitor with 5120x2160 resolution. To ensure that KNIME, i.e. the workspace with the nodes, is displayed sharply, I have made high DPI scaling settings for knime.exe under Compatibility (see screenshot below).

The problem is that the configuration windows of the nodes with the old design are then not displayed completely, but that you always have to scroll back and forth (see screenshot below).

Is there a solution for this?

The whole thing also reminds me of this forum entry:

How to resize the settings window when clicking configure on a node?

Hello KNIME support team and users. I am using KNIME 4.7.1 and when I click configure on a node, the configuration window is not displayed in its entirety, but only a part of it as shown below, so I can’t understand what the options are at once. [image] Whenever I specify an option in the configuration window, I have to increase the size of the configuration window by dragging the mouse, which is not very efficient. Is there any way to make the configure window open to the proper size when …

Thank you very much!

[stelfrich]

Hi @Christian_Essen,

Did you, by any chance, try the new knime-hidpi.bat to see if this fixes the issue?

With KNIME Analytics Platform version 5.3 you have the possibility to start KNIME Analytics Platform in high-resolution mode. To do so, go to the installation folder and run knime-hidpi.bat . Please notice that the batch file to start the KNIME Analytics Platform in the high-resolution mode is an experimental feature designed exclusively for Modern UI. This feature aims to enhance visual fidelity but is not yet fully supported across the classic user interface and the Modern UI. So, users should be aware of potential limitations and compatibility issues when switching between Modern UI and Classic UI contexts.

(from installation guide)

Best,
Stefan

[Christian_Essen]

Hi @stelfrich,
Many thanks for your support. I’ve just started KNIME via the knime-hidpi.bat. But there is no difference, i.e. the configuration windows are still too small from the initial size, so you have to scroll back and forth.
(It makes no difference whether I reset the compatibility settings described above before starting with the bat file.)

Best,
Christian

[Christian_Essen]

Does anyone else have any ideas?

[stelfrich]

@Christian_Essen, I can only relay Bernd’s comment from our internal discussion:

I don’t think there is a one-size-fits-all solution. Since the problem refers to Swing dialogs he can try different values for -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 in the knime.ini.

Let us know how that goes!

[Christian_Essen]

Perfect, this does the trick .
Many thanks for your commitment, @stelfrich!