Extend a HIDPI screen to a normal DPI external display. This command line tool implements various solutions described in the HIDPI Arch Linux wiki page.
- Free software: GNU General Public License v3
pip install xrandr-extend --useror alternatively use pipx:
pipx install xrandr-extendIf the installation was made using pip, run:
python -m xrandr_extend.configAlternatively, if you did use pipx, run:
pipx run --spec xrandr-extend python -m xrandr_extend.configinstead.
For both case, this creates the config file ~/.config/xrandr-extend.cfg which looks like this:
[provider:modesetting]
primary = eDP-1
hdmi = HDMI-1
vga = DP-1
[provider:intel]
primary = eDP1
hdmi = HDMI1
vga = DP1
[resolutions]
primary = 3200, 1800
hdmi = 1920, 1080
vga = 1920, 1200
# [scaling]
# primary = 1.0
# hdmi = 2.0
# vga = 2.0
# [rotation]
# hdmi = left
# vga = rightThe first few sections have the name in the format [provider:display_driver].
Run xrandr --listproviders to find what your system has. The values in this
section should be given as profile = monitor_name, as in the output of
xrandr --listmonitors command. You may even remove existing sections and
add more sections for your display driver.
Each line in the [resolutions] section signifies a resolution profile in
the format profile = [width_in_pixels, height_in_pixels]. The profile
primary should contain the resolution of your built-in display. You may edit
or remove the remaining values hdmi and vga.
The [scaling] section contains the scale factors, which if uncommented,
overrides the scale factor computed from the resolutions.
The [rotation] section specifies the directions to rotate the output contents
similarly to xrandr --rotate.
usage: xrandr-extend [-h] [-p PRI_RES PRI_RES] [-e EXT_RES EXT_RES]
[-x EXT_SCALE] [-m] [-n] [-o] [-s] [-d]
profile
Extend a HIDPI screen to a normal DPI external display
positional arguments:
profile Use preset external resolution profiles (available:
['hdmi', 'vga']).
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p PRI_RES PRI_RES, --pri-res PRI_RES PRI_RES
Modify preset resolution of primary display (default: 1920, 1080)
-e EXT_RES EXT_RES, --ext-res EXT_RES EXT_RES
Modify preset resolution of external display (default based on
profile)
-x EXT_SCALE, --ext-scale EXT_SCALE
Sets the scale factor of external display (DPI of primary display /
DPI of external display), overriding scale factor estimation from
resolutions
-r {normal,left,right,inverted,same}, --rotate {normal,left,right,inverted,same}
Rotation can be one of the above strings. This causes the output
contents of external display to be rotated in the specified direction.
For example 'right' specifies a clockwise rotation, 'normal' orients
it horizontally and 'same'preserves the current orientation.
-m, --mirror Mirror the external display
-n, --pan Pan the position of external display
-o, --only Extend and use only external display
-s, --pos Set the position of external display explicitly
-d, --dry-run Preview command without executing it
Examples
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# Built-in options or user-configured options are used when only the display
# profile is mentioned
$ xrandr-extend --dry-run vga
$ xrandr-extend vga
$ xrandr-extend hdmi
# Other options to extend the display
$ xrandr-extend --pan hdmi
$ xrandr-extend --only hdmi
$ xrandr-extend -e 1024 768 -n vga # Pan with custom external resolution
$ xrandr-extend -x 2.0 hdmi # Custom scale factor
$ xrandr-extend -r left hdmi # Custom direction to rotateThis package was created with Cookiecutter and the ashwinvis/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.