Linux client barely usable on HiDPI displays

[TurkeyBloke]

I have a 4k display, and the Linux (at least?) client is practically unusable.

Is HiDPI support on the roadmap?

[Erkan_Yılmaz]

Hi,

could you explain what "practically unusable" means?

There is a linux beta version around since 2 weeks or so (only 64bit) did you try that yet?

Erkan

[MattSuda]

https://twitter.com/felipernb/status/575669571044114432

There are zoom in/out options, but right now they don't save so you would have to adjust every time you launch 

[TeerDrei]

On HIDPI display its barely usable, because everything is so small.

Linux isn't very good yet in this regard, as it could just upscale by default, but doesn't.

[bobbaluba]

Where is this zoom in / out option located? I have a hard time reading the menus.

[MikeAbrahams]

There is no zoom in / zoom out.  I hope they improve high DPI support soon.  At this rate we'll be able to zoom individual windows on Wayland first. 

[Tangram · Accepted solution]

Add --force-device-scale-factor=1.5 (or whatever fits your UI scale) as a command line option.

You could edit /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop or wherever the .desktop file is located and change the line with Exec= to:

Exec=spotify --force-device-scale-factor=1.5 %U

Problem solved.

[spacepluk]

That doesn't work for me.

[spacepluk]

It works with the beta 🙂

Thank you!

[adrianbsuy]

It should be automatically. Or at least have a GUI option to set the scaling factor.

[brooksa321]

Unfortunately, It does not follow the scaling factor set in the OS.

[fastfox07]

Thank you Tangram

[spacepluk]

The workaround doesn't work anymore with the latest betas 😞

[thomasc6]

I confirm this does not seem to work with the latest beta.

[spacepluk]

Nevermind, it does work, I just forgot to restart gnome-shell to reload the .desktop file.

[bburton]

This works well for me. As I had to tweet, https://twitter.com/solarce/status/650056804987088897

I found that `--force-device-scale-factor=2.2` was best for me. I have Arch Linux and the Cinnamon Desktop on a 2015 Dell XPS 13" (ships with Ubuntu) with the qHD screen. I edited `/usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop` to make it *stick*

Thanks for figuring this out.

[ecneref]

also doesn't work for me on Linuxmint rafaela, Spotify client 0.9.17.1.g9b85d436

[mobman02 · Accepted solution]

I can confirm that this option does not have any effect on Spotify 0.9.17.1, the official version you get here: https://www.spotify.com/fr/download/linux/

[adrianbsuy]

What about non Ubuntu/Debian distros? Should give a direct download.

[dan-ator]

I tried doing this but it wouldn't give me write access to actually save the change to the file. How can I override that?