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I am using Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS 13 (2018) that has a UHD Screen (3480 x 2160), I am then connecting to a UHD Dell 34" Monitor (3440 x 1440) via a USB-C DisplayPort cable.

All the screenshots here are using Wayland - I have also tried using X, but switched to Wayland as that supports separate scaling on the monitor and built-in display.

However the scaling is off on quite a few applications.

From the Screen Display application, the 'Built-in display' is scaled to 200% (this is the default that Ubuntu sets) and works well for the default when I am not connected to a monitor. Then the Dell Inc. 34" screen settings has the scale at 100%.

With these scaling factors my terminal session windows look about correct and so I'm using this as a base.

However there are lots of things that don't seem to match up with my most common applications:

• Firefox


• Chromium


• KeypassXC (this has a QT application UI)


• Gimp

These are the issues I've hit:

1. The scaling of the title bars for FF,Chrome and Keypass on the monitor stays based on the in-built display (so scaled to 200% when the other applications are scaled to 100%)


2. The scaling of the text inside the window remains huge


3. Adjusting both the in-built and the monitor to 100% still leaves the applications with title bar heights that are scaled to 200% but the text within them is scaled to 100% and the text in the application is still scaled to 200%.

The only way to get things to match up correctly between screen and monitor is to set both to 200% but then everything looks huge on the monitor.

Screenshot 1 (built-in 200%, monitor 100%)

(Current) Best possible but the browser applications are all too big.

Screenshot 2 (built-in 300%, monitor 100%)

This shows the title text being based of the screen scaling and not the monitor scaling

Screenshot 3 (built-in 100%, monitor 100%)

The applications on the monitor still look incorrect and now Gnome applications look tiny on the built-in display.

I have a similar issue with Matebook X Pro (3000x2000) and external 1440p display. Weyland scaling factor not apply to all programs as above.

I also checked other distros and desktop environments, it works somehow on KDE Plasma - I mean scaling was proper on second display - but there was a lot of other issues, for example, some programs not scale in general.

On Ubuntu I also notice touchscreen issue, it works, but it is not the best user experience for me.

I type it with pain, but... for now - it is really hard to write - for now only Windows 10 works fine with this setup. It looks like we have to wait for better Linux support of HiDPI.