hyprland-wiki/pages/Configuring/XWayland.md
Shailesh Aanand 03cc9f64ac
Fix broken link to xwayland-hidpi.patch & wlroots-hidpi.patch (#278)
This commit fixes the broken links to `wlroots-hidpi.patch` and `xwayland-hidpi.patch` on the XWayland page.

The files were moved to patches subdirectory in 91e3c654d3
2023-07-24 11:04:37 +02:00

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XWayland is the bridging mechanism between legacy Xorg programs and Wayland
compositors.
# HiDPI XWayland
XWayland currently looks pixelated/blurry on HiDPI screens, due to Xorg's
inability to scale.
There are attempts to add a standard scaling mechanism, such as
[MR 733](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/733).
You can use this MR's wlroots implementation in Hyprland by making a few changes.
{{< hint >}}
The following instructions assume you know how to patch programs, either
manually or using your favourite package manager.
See instructions for [manual patching](https://www.howtogeek.com/415442/how-to-apply-a-patch-to-a-file-and-create-patches-in-linux/)
and [Pacman patching](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Patching_packages).
{{< /hint >}}
1. Have the latest `xwayland` package patched with at least
[the HiDPI patch](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/main/nix/patches/xwayland-hidpi.patch)
(based on the MR's implementation, but updated).
2. Make sure you have the required Hyprland `wlroots`, patched with
[the HiDPI xwayland patch](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/main/nix/patches/wlroots-hidpi.patch)
and [this commit](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/commit/18595000f3a21502fd60bf213122859cc348f9af)
**reverted**. This is important, as not reverting it will make opening
XWayland programs crash Hyprland.
3. Add these lines to your configuration:
```ini
# change monitor to hires, the last argument is the scale factor
monitor=,highres,auto,2
# sets xwayland scale
exec-once=xprop -root -f _XWAYLAND_GLOBAL_OUTPUT_SCALE 32c -set _XWAYLAND_GLOBAL_OUTPUT_SCALE 2
# toolkit-specific scale
env = GDK_SCALE,2
env = XCURSOR_SIZE,32
```
{{< hint >}}
The GDK_SCALE variable won't conflict with wayland-native GTK programs.
{{< /hint >}}