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kvakulo / Switcheroo

The humble incremental-search task switcher for Windows
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Blurry text #26

Closed pongo closed 9 years ago

pongo commented 9 years ago

You should use TextOptions.TextFormattingMode="Display" http://wpf.2000things.com/2013/05/16/821-use-textformattingmode-to-make-text-look-more-clear/

kvakulo commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the hint, and sorry for my late response.

I'll experiment with the text formatting mode according to your suggestion.

/Regin

kvakulo commented 9 years ago

I've been playing around with this, and on my HDPI screen the default TextFormattingMode Ideal is actually more clear. I'll have to check up on this issue on a regular screen.

Do other people have issues with blurry text in Switcheroo? Please let me know if you do.

/Regin

HellBrick commented 9 years ago

I'm using Switcheroo on a typical 23" 1920x1080 screen and I don't see a problem with the way the text is rendered. However, I can't really say that the current option is better without actually comparing it to the alternatives =)

kvakulo commented 9 years ago

Here are two screenshots from my computer.

Ideal ideal

Display display

But I guess you really need to see the difference on your own screen. Here's a version of Switcheroo with TextFormattingMode set to Display: http://teamcity.codebetter.com/repository/download/Switcheroo/182243:id/switcheroo-portable.zip

HellBrick commented 9 years ago

I tried comparing the options side by side by adding this to <Listbox.ItemContainerStyle>:

<Style.Triggers>
    <Trigger Property="ItemsControl.AlternationIndex" Value="0">
        <Setter Property="TextOptions.TextFormattingMode" Value="Display"></Setter>
    </Trigger>
    <Trigger Property="ItemsControl.AlternationIndex" Value="1">
        <Setter Property="TextOptions.TextFormattingMode" Value="Ideal"></Setter>
    </Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>

and this to <ListBox>:

AlternationCount="2"

Ideal is indeed a bit more blurry. However, I actually prefer this blurry version over the Display - the later sometimes looks a bit uglier, and I don't see the readability suffering either way.

kvakulo commented 9 years ago

Nice way to try it out side-by-side, @HellBrick!

I won't make any changes to the font rendering for now, but I'll leave this ticket open for a while, just in case other people want to share their experiences.

/Regin

kvakulo commented 9 years ago

I'll close this issue for now, but it might be reopened if other users experience blurriness.

/Regin