Windows plug-in scaling

Windows
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Hi everybody,

I’m having a problem rescaling my plug-in only on Windows and in some DAWs like Pro Tools. I’m puzzled on what’s going on so I’ll make some statements first:

  • Everything works fine in Mac. This issue is only present in Windows.
  • Everything works fine in Reaper, which is my main DAW for debugging.
  • I’m able to replicate the issue in Juce PluginHost.
  • I’m testing everything on a Microsoft Surface Laptop.
  • I have the latest JUCE version on develop (pulled a few days ago).
  • Using Visual Studio 2017 and Windows 10.
  • Everything works fine if the default Windows scaling is set to 100%, problems come if the default resolution is set to anything but 100%. I have it on 150%, which is the recommended setting.
  • Everything works fine when opening the UI.

By reference, this is how the plug-in should look:

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In resized() I’m positioning all elements like this:
myComponent->setBounds(roundToInt(45.f * scale), roundToInt(87.f * scale), roundToInt(100.f * scale), roundToInt(100.f * scale));

The “scale” is a float that I change its value from 0.5f to 2.f (50% to 200% size), selectable by the user like this:
scale = 1.25f;
setSize(roundToInt(650.f * scale), roundToInt(560.f * scale));

I launch PluginHost and load the plug-in. If I change the plug-in size and the Windows scaling is set to something else than 100% the UI is cropped. It looks like this:

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Closing and opening the window again makes it look perfect. Changing the size again makes it look cropped.
Enabling DPI awareness inside PluginHost works.
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These are my settings in Windows scaling (in spanish):

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I have tested this with another plug-in that I know it’s made with JUCE and the same issue can be replicated.
However, “Sugar”, the plug-in from process.Audio developed by Ivan Cohen, works fine in all cases. I have been talking with Ivan about this and we haven’t come to an understanding of what I’m doing wrong, or what he is doing right :slight_smile:

I’m puzzled about this, any help appreciated!

Edit: Ivan tells me that he is using an older version of JUCE for the Sugar plug-in. JUCE 5.3.2.

Edit 2: This is a video of Reels by Audiothing. It has a Resiable Corner and I think it can better explain what’s going on. It looks like there’s a SetSize missing somewhere. https://streamable.com/6l55i

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Are you saying that it scales correctly when the “Enable DPI awareness” setting is enabled in the JUCE plug-in host? Does it scale incorrectly in any other DAWs? What format is the plug-in - VST2 or VST3?

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Are you saying that it scales correctly when the “Enable DPI awareness” setting is enabled in the JUCE plug-in host?

Yes, when “Enable DPI awareness” is enabled the scaling is correct.

Does it scale incorrectly in any other DAWs?

At the moment I have only received complaints from Pro Tools users. I have tried in Reaper and Ableton Live and it works on those.

What format is the plug-in - VST2 or VST3?

In PluginHost I’m loading VST3. In Pro Tools AAX.

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Are you able to reproduce the issue with the AudioPluginDemo? I’m not seeing any scaling issues running the AAX build in ProTools on Windows 10 with a scaled display.

Perhaps try disabling per-monitor DPI awareness by setting the JUCE_WIN_PER_MONITOR_DPI_AWARE flag to 0 in juce_gui_basics.

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AudioPluginDemo works fine in PluginHost.

I have tried disabling JUCE_WIN_PER_MONITOR_DPI but it makes no difference.

I’m sorry I can’t bring you more information, would you like to try directly with my plug-in? I can send you a download link in a private message.

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The problem there looks related to this one to me: Errors with DPI scaling in Windows 7