[Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#871542: Bug#871542: chromium: Chromium 60 UI is huge on HiDPI displays

[Ralf Jung]

Hi,

> > As of Chromium 60.x, the browser UI (address bar, back buttons, etc) is
> > drawn at a disproportionately large size on my MS Surface Pro 3
> > (2160x1440). See this screenshot:
> >
> > https://ssl.tiker.net/nextcloud/index.php/s/ItjkFlldaL0zJpD
> >
> > vs Chromium 59 for comparison:
> >
> > https://ssl.tiker.net/nextcloud/index.php/s/gmn2xQAXvcrQbhW
> 
> This version does not support fractional scale factors:
>  https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=723931
> 
> As a workaround, I use --force-device-scale-factor=1.5.
> -- 
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I am having the same problem with version 61.0.3163.100-2 on a 4K
screen.  So it doesn't seem like fractional scaling factors are the
problem, it looks more like Chromium applies the scaling factor *twice*.

Kind regards,
Ralf