GUI size in ROOT

[Javier_Llorente]

Hello,

I have recently changed my laptop to one with higher screen resolution, but I find that the GUI windows (TBrowser, TCanvas, …) have become much smaller as a result.
I have tried changing the GUI parameters in system.rootrc without luck.
Maybe someone has had similar issues and can point to a solution?

Thanks! Best,
Javier.

[jalopezg]

Hi @Javier_Llorente,

First of all, welcome to the ROOT forum! In regards to your question, could you please paste here the lines that you added in your system.rootrc file?

Regardless of ROOT-specific settings, increasing the DPI value for your screen (typically defaults to 96 on most OSes), should make the change system-wide, i.e. all your application windows should appear larger.

Cheers,
J.

[Javier_Llorente]

Hi @jalopezg,
Thanks. The lines I modified follow below (I basically multiplied everything by 2).

Gui.DefaultFont:            -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.MenuFont:               -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.MenuHiFont:             -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.DocFixedFont:           -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.DocPropFont:            -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.IconFont:               -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Gui.StatusFont:             -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

Moreover, this is on a remote machine to which I connect using ssh, but on my local root the problem is the same.

Cheers,
Javier.

[jalopezg]

Basically, what you have specified is a X11 logical font description string. The availability of these sizes can be queried using the xfontsel program of your X11 distribution.

I think it is better to enable Xft (X FreeType) support. Adding the following line to the rootrc should make it:

X11.UseXft: yes

Additionally, I think that the font names have to be changed to a Xft string, e.g. times-14. Some users reported that this does not work properly in their scenarios. If that does not solve the problem or you face any other issue, please reply here.

Cheers,
J.

[Javier_Llorente]

Hi,
I have switched on this line in system.rootrc:

X11.UseXft: yes

But the problem remains.

Thanks,
Javier.

[bellenot]

Hi,

There is not much we can do more than increasing the font size. The problem will be solved with the ROOT 7 (Web) GUI. You can try for example:

root [0] #include <ROOT/RBrowser.hxx>
root [1] using namespace ROOT::Experimental;
root [2] auto br = std::make_shared<RBrowser>();
Info in <THttpEngine::Create>: Starting HTTP server on port 9410
root [3]

Cheers, Bertrand

[Axel]

Or simply

root [0] ROOT::Experimental::RBrowser b