[COMPASS-4699] GUI Text turns blurry Created: 13/Mar/21  Updated: 03/Oct/23  Resolved: 02/Nov/21

Status: Closed
Project: Compass
Component/s: Compass
Affects Version/s: 1.26.0
Fix Version/s: No version

Type: Bug Priority: Minor - P4
Reporter: Benjamin Philipp Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Version 10.0.18363.1379
Release 1909

CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)
Memory: 16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB


Attachments: File Capture 2021-03-13 15-32-26 - Segment1(00_00_32.385-00_00_52.120).mp4     PNG File Capture 2021-03-13 16-04-50.png    
Documentation Changes: Not Needed

 Description   

Problem Description:

The Compass user interface gets blurry depending on mouse movement/position

Steps to Reproduce:

Uncertain, try moving the mouse like in the video/waiting

Expected Results:

Crisp text, consistency

Actual Results:

Blurry mess, blurriness changes with time and mouse movement/position

Additional Notes



 Comments   
Comment by Anna Henningsen [ 02/Nov/21 ]

I think we’re effectively not going to be able to do something about this without knowing more about what causes it, and without a reproduction, this is going to be virtually impossible.

The comment here would lead me to believe that this is a general problem with Electron applications – in that case, the solution would probably just consist of upgrading Electron at some point. The current Beta of Compass (1.29) already uses a much more recent version of Electron, and hopefully we’ll be better with staying on top of newer versions in the future.

Comment by Benjamin Philipp [ 15/Mar/21 ]

I've tried all the WIndows settings relating to DPI scaling on system level and application specific, to no avail.

(It doesn't seem to be a scaling issue per se, but almost everything that comes up when you search for blurry apps on Windows is related to DPI scaling, so I gave it a shot)

I've also re-installed updated graphics drivers.

But today I noticed that this was happening in VS Code, too! Although it only happened one time and I can't recreate it.
In Compass, however, it happens every time I use it.

This looks like it's probably not exclusively Compass's fault, but I suspect that there's a setting or manifest option or something that could be corrected/improved, still.

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