822/819: 4K screen (250%) Mapped network drives not showing
Posted: 28.06.2020, 10:27
I'm not sure whether this is related to the fact that my display is 4K, with text size scaling set at 250%. This is the Windows default for my new Lenovo P73 laptop with 4K screen, exactly as it came up. I didn't change it. Running Win10 1909.
NVidia T2000 graphics, latest nVidia driver 451.48.
Program object for FCXE -> Properties -> Compatibility tab -> (a) run this program as an administrator, also (b) change high DPI settings -> override high DPI scaling behavior -> Scaling performed by application (in order to eliminate "blurry fonts").
I've never seen this symptom before, but then I've never had a 4K screen (3840x2160) and never had scaling as large as 250%. I normally have my 4K Eizo monitor running at 2560x1440 and with a text size scaling factor of 125%. I normally run my 1080 Eizo monitors running at 1920x1200 with a scaling factor of 125%.
There is something unexpected and odd about how FCXE 8221 (hit is the bug-fix version for the repeated F10 right-creeping divider in lower panel) is painting of the Menu bar which I attribute to the 250% scaling factor. I've tried version 819 on this same Win10 machine, but the symptom is identical. So it's not 819 or 8221, but something in common that is responsible. I assume it's the 4K resolution and 250% scaling, perhaps coupled with "compatibility mode" to override high DPI resolution to let the application program do the scaling.
Here is what File Explorer looks like. Note that P, Q and U are "mapped network drives" from the P73 machine to the DFW machine drives C, D and H.
Here is what FCXE 8221 looks like on this P73 machine. Note the extraordinary amount of space between the items (File, Edit, Folder, etc.) shown on the Menu bar. Also note that none of the three mapped network drives P, Q and U are shown.
Just for comparison, here is how 8221 looks on my DFW machine, which is Win7 and the screen is 1920x1200 at 125%. Note that as expected, all mapped network drives (P, Q, R, etc.) display perfect. Also note the normal amount of space between items on the Menu bar. All this is perfectly normal. But it doesn't look this way on my P73 4K/250% screen.
I am speculating that perhaps the height of the drives button bar is insufficient to draw the icons for the mapped network drives at 250% scaling, which appear to be just slightly taller than the height of the normal local drive icons. Perhaps Windows/graphics or FCXE is simply not presenting it because it won't fit, vertically, in the height available for presentation. I've seen text similarly fail to display in title bars when too large (e.g. 125% improperly handled by application program when drawing the title bar), so maybe the same thing is happening here in the drive button bar of FCXE. I don't see where there is a setting to increase the height of this drive button bar (as there is to increase the height of the address bar), but maybe that's what's needed.
Anybody else run a 4K screen at 250%? Do mapped network drives display for you, or not?
NVidia T2000 graphics, latest nVidia driver 451.48.
Program object for FCXE -> Properties -> Compatibility tab -> (a) run this program as an administrator, also (b) change high DPI settings -> override high DPI scaling behavior -> Scaling performed by application (in order to eliminate "blurry fonts").
I've never seen this symptom before, but then I've never had a 4K screen (3840x2160) and never had scaling as large as 250%. I normally have my 4K Eizo monitor running at 2560x1440 and with a text size scaling factor of 125%. I normally run my 1080 Eizo monitors running at 1920x1200 with a scaling factor of 125%.
There is something unexpected and odd about how FCXE 8221 (hit is the bug-fix version for the repeated F10 right-creeping divider in lower panel) is painting of the Menu bar which I attribute to the 250% scaling factor. I've tried version 819 on this same Win10 machine, but the symptom is identical. So it's not 819 or 8221, but something in common that is responsible. I assume it's the 4K resolution and 250% scaling, perhaps coupled with "compatibility mode" to override high DPI resolution to let the application program do the scaling.
Here is what File Explorer looks like. Note that P, Q and U are "mapped network drives" from the P73 machine to the DFW machine drives C, D and H.
Here is what FCXE 8221 looks like on this P73 machine. Note the extraordinary amount of space between the items (File, Edit, Folder, etc.) shown on the Menu bar. Also note that none of the three mapped network drives P, Q and U are shown.
Just for comparison, here is how 8221 looks on my DFW machine, which is Win7 and the screen is 1920x1200 at 125%. Note that as expected, all mapped network drives (P, Q, R, etc.) display perfect. Also note the normal amount of space between items on the Menu bar. All this is perfectly normal. But it doesn't look this way on my P73 4K/250% screen.
I am speculating that perhaps the height of the drives button bar is insufficient to draw the icons for the mapped network drives at 250% scaling, which appear to be just slightly taller than the height of the normal local drive icons. Perhaps Windows/graphics or FCXE is simply not presenting it because it won't fit, vertically, in the height available for presentation. I've seen text similarly fail to display in title bars when too large (e.g. 125% improperly handled by application program when drawing the title bar), so maybe the same thing is happening here in the drive button bar of FCXE. I don't see where there is a setting to increase the height of this drive button bar (as there is to increase the height of the address bar), but maybe that's what's needed.
Anybody else run a 4K screen at 250%? Do mapped network drives display for you, or not?