Annotations do not scale in the Shader Editor with the Resolution Scale or Windows Display Scaling #79473

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L Furneaux · 2020-08-02T23:26:39+02:00

L Furneaux commented

2020-08-02 23:26:39 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with Max-Q Design/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 432.13

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.83.3, branch: master, commit date: 2020-07-22 06:01, hash: 353e5bd749
Worked: Couldn't find one. Tried 2.90 beta too.

Short description of error
Annotations made in the Shader Editor do not scale with the interface, either with the Preferences resolution scaling or with Windows Display scaling. This is problematic when reviewing annotations made on a computer using a different screen scale as notes do not line up.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Go to Shader Editor - Add default material/nodes for scale reference.
T - for left toolbar. Select Annotation tool.
Add annotation to the screen, e.g. draw around a node.
On the Menu > Edit > Preferences > Interface
Change the resolution scale.
Nodes will scale. The annotation marks will not.

Same behaviour is observed by changing the Windows Scaling % in the Windows Display 'Scale & Layout' menu.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with Max-Q Design/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 432.13 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.83.3, branch: master, commit date: 2020-07-22 06:01, hash: `353e5bd749` Worked: Couldn't find one. Tried 2.90 beta too. **Short description of error** Annotations made in the Shader Editor do not scale with the interface, either with the Preferences resolution scaling or with Windows Display scaling. This is problematic when reviewing annotations made on a computer using a different screen scale as notes do not line up. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Go to Shader Editor - Add default material/nodes for scale reference. T - for left toolbar. Select Annotation tool. Add annotation to the screen, e.g. draw around a node. On the Menu > Edit > Preferences > Interface Change the resolution scale. Nodes will scale. The annotation marks will not. Same behaviour is observed by changing the Windows Scaling % in the Windows Display 'Scale & Layout' menu. ![res1.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8739557/res1.png) ![res1-3.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8739559/res1-3.png)

L Furneaux commented

2020-08-02 23:26:39 +02:00

Added subscriber: @sherbert_lemon

blender-admin commented

2020-08-02 23:26:39 +02:00

#89195 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Richard Antalik commented

2020-08-04 06:42:16 +02:00

Added subscribers: @JulianEisel, @iss

Richard Antalik commented

2020-08-04 06:42:16 +02:00

I can see why this would be useful to resolve, but this isn't a bug really. Resolution scale is not the same as zoom, it makes nodes truly bigger. Not sure if it would be easy to apply this to annotations as well.

@JulianEisel any idea?

I can see why this would be useful to resolve, but this isn't a bug really. Resolution scale is not the same as zoom, it makes nodes truly bigger. Not sure if it would be easy to apply this to annotations as well. @JulianEisel any idea?

Richard Antalik commented

2020-08-05 03:01:05 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Richard Antalik commented

2020-08-05 03:01:05 +02:00

I will confirm for now, I think this deserves at least known issue status.

Nathan Craddock commented

2021-01-31 01:55:07 +01:00

Added subscriber: @natecraddock

Nathan Craddock commented

2021-01-31 01:55:07 +01:00

I'd consider this a known issue and papercut. The annotations strokes are just grease pencil objects which is why they don't scale with the UI. It seems simple enough to just scale with the ui scale in the node editor.

And a quick hack in the code shows it's definitely possible without much effort

annotate-nodes.mp4

Just note that the difference between widget scale and ui scale differs, so the annotations wouldn't always be perfectly aligned with inputs.

I'd consider this a known issue and papercut. The annotations strokes are just grease pencil objects which is why they don't scale with the UI. It seems simple enough to just scale with the ui scale in the node editor. And a quick hack in the code shows it's definitely possible without much effort [annotate-nodes.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9605722/annotate-nodes.mp4) Just note that the difference between widget scale and ui scale differs, so the annotations wouldn't always be perfectly aligned with inputs.

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-12-09 11:30:09 +01:00

Added subscribers: @SimonThommes, @PratikPB2123

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Annotations do not scale in the Shader Editor with the Resolution Scale or Windows Display Scaling #79473