KeePassXC 2.4.0 AppImage UI huge on Ubuntu 18.10

[bungabunga]

Since updating AppImage to 2.4.0 the UI is huuuge. It take nearly all of the screen.

Expected Behavior

Normal size (resolution) UI as in 2.3.4

Current Behavior

Huge UI, problems with resolution.

Debug Info

[NOTE]: KeePassXC - Version 2.4.0
Revision: c51752d
Distribution: AppImage

Libraries:

• Qt 5.10.1
• libgcrypt 1.8.1

Operating system: Ubuntu 18.10
CPU architecture: x86_64
Kernel: linux 4.18.0-16-generic

Enabled extensions:

• Auto-Type
• Browser Integration
• SSH Agent
• KeeShare (only unsigned sharing)
• YubiKey
  KeePassXC - 2.4.0

Libraries:

• LIBS

Operating system: Ubuntu 18.10
CPU architecture: Intel
Kernel: KERNEL 4.18.0.16.17

Enabled extensions:

• EXTENSIONS Browser extension

[droidmonkey]

Screenshot please. Are you running a 4k setup?

[bungabunga]

my resolution is 1920x1080. it's a laptop.

[droidmonkey]

Are you using Wayland

[bungabunga]

i don't know. i use what is default on ubuntu 18.10. the UI looks normal if i use snap version, i don't know for the .deb, because it wasn't upgraded yet.

[droidmonkey]

Ok I'll check, this was built and tested on 18.04

[droidmonkey]

I cannot replicate on 18.10 running from live cd:

[ctonsing]

Mine is also showing like this on Ubuntu 16.04:

It was displaying normal up until today...

[popxunga]

Seeing the same with 2.4.0 Keepassxc appimage in RHEL 7.6 with gnome 3.28.3.
Screen resolution is 1920x1080 (16:9).

[coalwater]

Confirming the same issue with Archlinux, X11, i3
Wasn't a blocker but I had to downgrade for other reasons.

[droidmonkey]

I need more information from all of you.

1. What theme are you using?
2. Do you have qt5ct installed?
3. Do you have your desktop configured to be scaled (ie, 150%)?

[vanous]

Same issue here. Desktop is at 100%, no scaling.

vanous@debthinkpad:$ uname -a
Linux debthinkpad 5.0.0-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.0.1-1~exp1 (2019-03-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
vanous@debthinkpad:$ cat /etc/debian_version
buster/sid

Theme adwaita

Gnome 3.30.2

[bungabunga]

• default theme
• qt5ct not installed
• desktop not scaled (100%)

[droidmonkey]

Also need output of: env | grep QT_

[bungabunga]

QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus

[popxunga]

I need more information from all of you.

1. What theme are you using?

2. Do you have qt5ct installed?

3. Do you have your desktop configured to be scaled (ie, 150%)?

Hi !

1. Adwaita.
2. No.
3. No.
   Thanks.

[popxunga]

Also need output of: env | grep QT_
QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM_CHECKED=1
QT_IM_MODULE=xim

[vanous]

vanous@debthinkpad:~$ env | grep QT
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1

setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=0 didn't help.

[droidmonkey]

Interesting enough I installed qt5ct and that application is showing as enlarged whereas KeePassXC snap and appimage show normally. I even tried setting various High DPI settings and platform themes. I cannot get it to look like your screenshots.

Did you all download the fresh AppImage or use zsync?

[vanous]

i downloaded AppImage manually from here

https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/download/2.4.0/KeePassXC-2.4.0-x86_64.AppImage

[vanous]

qt5ct seems ok.., one info message there:

[popxunga]

Interesting enough I installed qt5ct and that application is showing as enlarged whereas KeePassXC snap and appimage show normally. I even tried setting various High DPI settings and platform themes. I cannot get it to look like your screenshots.

Did you all download the fresh AppImage or use zsync?
I've download it from here

sha256sum KeePassXC-2.4.0-x86_64.AppImage shows:
559be14b9f24feb6bded010aef55dd7cb72b3cb081485c49a548bd614dba4324 KeePassXC-2.4.0-x86_64.AppImage
The checksum matches the checksum published here

[beanaroo]

I have the same problem.

• Arch / GNOME 3.32 / Wayland
• 2048 x 1152 / 100%

I installed qt5-wayland and all things look good when running:

$ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland keepassxc

(but unfortunately clipboard doesn't work only works when ctrl-c/v on selected text and randomly segfaults when navigating the menu)

[coalwater]

Replying to your questions for my above comment: #2808 (comment)

1. What theme are you using?

Apparently Raleigh [GTK2/3]

2. Do you have qt5ct installed?

No

3. Do you have your desktop configured to be scaled (ie, 150%)?

I have these 2 envrionment variables in my .xinitrc

export GDK_SCALE=2
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.2

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But also keep in mind that this change happens in the same X session if I do the upgrade, so regardless of the scaling, they relatively look different in scale

[droidmonkey]

I'm going to rebuild the AppImage and see what happens. I am really surprised nobody experienced this in the 3 months of beta testing.

[phoerious]

May I express how disappointed I am of the state of HiDPI on the Linux desktop? This is starting to become a never-ending story.

[affinityv]

Look at the links from the following comment (and two below), it might help with your problem.
#2815 (comment)

[bungabunga]

yes, this works for me! \o/

but it seems to be a clumsy solution for a program aimed at general audience. can this solution be somehow incorporated into the application? hove come it worked fine until v2.4.0?

[droidmonkey]

2.4.0 enabled support for HiDPI.

https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/src/main.cpp#L52

[pstorch]

I got the 2.4.0 update via PPA today. I have two monitors (laptop + external). They have different DPI settings (obviously).

On the Laptopscreen it is too small:

On the external Monitor it is too big:

The settings in the .profile as menitoned in the linked comment above didn't help.

Update:
Somehow the .profile isn't sourced on my system anymore automatically. When I source it manually and start KeePassXC from commandline the UI scales correctly.

[phoerious]

You need to set it in .xsession, otherwise your X session won't source it.

[dupondje]

I have the same issue, KeepassXC looks way to big for the resolution of my screen.
Running 3840x2160 and 150% scaling on Wayland.

But it seems like Qt just doesn't correctly support fractional scaling:
https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/14/whats-new-wayland-platform-plugin-qt-5-12/

Maybe just disable the HiDPi support when running KeepassXC in Wayland?
Guess nobody on X11 has this issue?

In 2.3 it looked just fine, so won't hurt to drop it again on Wayland as it breaks more then it fixes currently.
Eventually you could add some setting to force disable/enable it.

[vanous]

I have the same issue, KeepassXC looks way to big for the resolution of my screen.

for me, after testing sevral settings, the QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 works the best, i have added it to the .desktop file:

Exec=env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 /path/to/KeePassXC-2.4.0-x86_64.AppImage %U

(which for some season is not created automatically upon first run, so i modified an older one)

[phoerious]

.desktop files are not created anymore, since desktop integration scripts were deprecated. Use appimaged instead.

[vanous]

Until appimaged is available in distros, this will be a regression... so i will keep my .desktop and the packaged appimage should ideally too...

~$ cat /etc/debian_version 
buster/sid
~$ apt search appimaged
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done

[affinityv]

Does appimaged rely upon systemd? I hope not, I have a sans systemd preference for all systems that I manage.

[plegrand1]

I had same problem and
"Exec=env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 /path/to/KeePassXC-2.4.0-x86_64.AppImage %U"
solved this

[stucki]

This was probably closed because it seems to be a duplicate of #2815 /cc @droidmonkey

[droidmonkey]

Yes I closed all of the DPI issues. They are related to our added support of High DPI from Qt which unfortunately carries the baggage of having to setup your DPI environment on some platforms. Qt should be doing this automatically, but does not (yet?).

[krzkrzkrz]

Just sharing what works for me on Arch Linux with the Keepassxc AUR package installed. At /usr/share/applications/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC.desktop, I have:

Exec=env QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2 keepassxc %f

Hopefully, this helps somebody