Bug 747973

Summary:	gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.36.5 tiny app icons on the icon grid when using display scaling, patch provided
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hubert Kromer <hubert.kromer>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PATCH
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1420
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Hubert Kromer 2020-10-12 11:13:33 UTC

When display scaling is enabled, the icons on the icon grid (Super+A) are not scaled up, making the icons look tiny and the text below them unreadable. More details + screenshots can be found under by following the attached URL.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use HI-DPI screen and set scaling to f.e. 2x.
2. Launch the icon grid by pressing Super+A.
Actual Results:  
The icons are very tiny, only 2-5 letters of the app name are visible.

Expected Results:  
The app icons on the grid are scaled up to match the UI's DPI.

A patch has been created by the Gnome team: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1420.diff
Applying the patch by placing it in the /etc/portage/patches/gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.36.5/ directory and running 'emerge -1v =gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.36.5' fixes the issue.

Comment 1 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2022-12-07 22:05:10 UTC

Looks to have been fixed long ago.