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# DpiAware (class)

Available only on Windows. All methods of this class are static, access them through [cefpython](cefpython.md).`WindowUtils`.

Example usage of High DPI support is in the wxpython.py example.


Table of contents:
* [Introduction](#introduction)
* [Static methods](#static-methods)
  * [CalculateWindowSize](#calculatewindowsize)
  * [EnableHighDpiSupport](#enablehighdpisupport)
  * [GetSystemDpi](#getsystemdpi)
  * [IsProcessDpiAware](#isprocessdpiaware)
  * [SetProcessDpiAware](#setprocessdpiaware)



## Introduction

By default if DPI awareness is not enabled in application, then OS performs display scaling. That causes text to look blurry on high DPI displays. To resolve this you have to
 call `cef.DpiAware.EnableHighDpiSupport` method. High DPI support is available only on Windows.

Enabling High DPI support in app can be done by embedding a DPI awareness xml manifest in both main executable and subprocess executable (see [Issue #112](../issues/112) comment #2), or by calling the `cef.DpiAware.EnableHighDpiSupport` method.

## Static methods


### CalculateWindowSize

| Parameter | Type |
| --- | --- |
| width | int |
| height | int |
| __Return__ | tuple |

This utility function will adjust width/height using
OS DPI settings. For 800/600 with Win7 DPI settings
being set to "Larger 150%" will return 1200/900.

Calculation for DPI < 96 is not yet supported. Use
the `GetSystemDpi` method for that.


### EnableHighDpiSupport

| | |
| --- | --- |
| __Return__ | void |

Calling this function will set current process and subprocesses
to be DPI aware.

Description from upstream CEF:
> Call during process startup to enable High-DPI support on Windows 7 or newer.
> Older versions of Windows should be left DPI-unaware because they do not
> support DirectWrite and GDI fonts are kerned very badly.


### GetSystemDpi

| | |
| --- | --- |
| __Return__ | tuple |:

Returns tuple(int dpix, int dpiy).

Win7 DPI (Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display):

  * text size Larger 150% => dpix/dpiy 144
  * text size Medium 125% => dpix/dpiy 120
  * text size Smaller 100% => dpix/dpiy 96

Example zoom levels based on DPI. For use with the ApplicationSettings.`auto_zooming` option.

  * dpix=96 zoomlevel=0.0
  * dpix=120 zoomlevel=1.0
  * dpix=144 zoomlevel=2.0
  * dpix=72 zoomlevel=-1.0

If DPI awareness wasn't yet enabled, then `GetSystemDpi` will always return a default 96 DPI.


### IsProcessDpiAware

| | |
| --- | --- |
| __Return__ | bool |

To check whether OS display scaling on high DPI settings was disabled. DPI awareness may be enabled by calling `SetProcessDpiAware`. It may also be enabled manually by user by changing options in .exe properties > Compatibility tab.

On Win8 this will return True if DPI awareness is set to either "System DPI aware" or "Per monitor DPI aware".


### SetProcessDpiAware

| | |
| --- | --- |
| __Return__ | void |

Calling this method is deprecated, call instead `EnableHighDpiSupport()`.
See [Issue #358](../../../issues/358) for how the behavior changed in
latest CEF. This method now internally calls `EnableHighDpiSupport()`.

Enables DPI awareness for the running process. Embedding a DPI manifest in .exe is the prefered way, as it gives more reliable results, otherwise some display bugs may appear (discussed in the "Introduction" section on this page).
