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gui: Set standard base Qt style on Windows and macOS #2114

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@cyrossignol cyrossignol commented Apr 24, 2021

This sets the "Fusion" Qt theme as the application's base style for Windows and macOS to normalize some minor appearance issues between the different platforms and more faithfully match the designs in #847. Fusion is the default style used for Linux for desktops without a custom window manager theme. Since Gridcoin's stylesheets override nearly all of the native styles, using a common base style can reduce headaches and maintenance overhead for cross-platform rendering differences.

From what I read, the Windows base theme still has some high-DPI issues, and the Fusion styles support high-DPI displays very well. This should close #2073 by avoiding the checkmark problem that seems to be caused by Qt resolving the legacy Windows theme instead of the "Vista" theme. It also fixes squashed input fields in the "create poll" form on Windows.

I enabled Qt's automatic high-DPI scaling feature for the Windows builds, and I don't see any issues that it causes. @jamescowens, I'd appreciate it if you could double check that because I think you noticed problems with this setting with the old styles. Interesting to note that text scales as expected, but Qt only seems to automatically scale the coordinate system at 50% scale factor intervals, so box sizing/layout spacing at...

  • 125% renders at 100%
  • 150% at 150%,
  • 150% at 175%
  • 200% at 200%
  • etc...

This sets the "Fusion" Qt theme as the application's base style for
Windows and macOS to normalize some minor appearance issues between
different platforms. Fusion is the default style used for Linux for
desktops without a custom window manager theme.

From what I read, the Windows theme still has some high-DPI issues,
and the Fusion styles support high-DPI displays very well.
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I am going to test this this morning.

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The checkboxes are there and the right size but difficult to see...
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jamescowens commented Apr 25, 2021

The light style is good...
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This was at 200% scale factor on a notebook 3840x2160 display.

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cyrossignol commented Apr 25, 2021

Thanks, Jim. I think the scaling looks ok from these screenshots. Did you see any of the same issues that you noticed before when you added Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling?

I plan to implement the checkbox/radio button styles from the redesign in a separate PR, so I left the styles alone for now. Only the coin control dialog seems to have a major visibility issue.

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Nope. Looks good now.

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I think this is ready to merge.

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@jamescowens jamescowens merged commit 8827b9a into gridcoin-community:development Apr 25, 2021
@cyrossignol cyrossignol deleted the base-gui-style branch April 26, 2021 01:46
jamescowens added a commit to jamescowens/Gridcoin-Research that referenced this pull request Aug 1, 2021
Added
 - util, rpc. gui: Changes for snapshotdownload and add feature sync from zero gridcoin-community#2093 (@iFoggz)
 - gui: Implement GUI version of consolidateunspent (coin control part) gridcoin-community#2111 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Implement consolidateunspent wizard gridcoin-community#2125 (@jamescowens)
 - qt: Add antialiasing to traffic graph widget gridcoin-community#2150 (@barton2526)
 - util: Port of ArgsManager and a significant subset of src/util gridcoin-community#2146 (@jamescowens)
 - doc: add issue templates for bug reports and feature requests gridcoin-community#2147 (@Pythonix)
 - gui, rpc: Implement dynamic stakesplitting control, settings changes via rpc, and dynamic changes to sidestaking via rpc gridcoin-community#2164 (@jamescowens)
 - rpc: Implement getblocksbatch gridcoin-community#2205 (@jamescowens)
 - voting, rpc, gui: Implement demand loading of historical poll by poll id and AVW calculation gridcoin-community#2210 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Show GUI error dialog if command line parsing fails gridcoin-community#2218 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Implement close confirmation. gridcoin-community#2216 (@denravonska)
 - build: Use -fstack-reuse=none gridcoin-community#2232 (@barton2526)

Changed
 - doc: Update build doc gridcoin-community#2078 (@iFoggz)
 - gui: Normalize button and input control appearance gridcoin-community#2096 (@cyrossignol)
 - consensus: Implement GetMinimumRequiredConnectionsForStaking gridcoin-community#2097 (@jamescowens)
 - refactor: move CTransaction to primitives gridcoin-community#2006 (@div72)
 - consensus, refactor, test: Merkle gridcoin-community#2094 (@div72)
 - gui: Update diagnostics gridcoin-community#2095 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Refresh UI styles and sidebar/statusbar design gridcoin-community#2102 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Set standard base Qt style on Windows and macOS gridcoin-community#2114 (@cyrossignol)
 - build, refactor: bump to C++17 gridcoin-community#2113 (@div72)
 - util, rpc, gui: Implement GetMaxInputsForConsolidationTxn() gridcoin-community#2119 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Refresh overview page design gridcoin-community#2117 (@cyrossignol)
 - depends: change boost mirror gridcoin-community#2122 (@div72)
 - refactor: small cleanup gridcoin-community#2123 (@div72)
 - build: Update depends Qt recipe to version 5.12.10 gridcoin-community#2129 (@cyrossignol)
 - build: Bump Codespell to 2.0.0 gridcoin-community#2135 (@barton2526)
 - gui: Refresh "send coins" page design gridcoin-community#2126 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Optimize locks to improve responsiveness gridcoin-community#2137 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Refresh "receive payment" page design gridcoin-community#2138 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Add empty placeholder to recent transactions list gridcoin-community#2140 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Refresh transaction history page design gridcoin-community#2143 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Refresh address book page design gridcoin-community#2145 (@cyrossignol)
 - doc: Update http to https where possible gridcoin-community#2148 (@barton2526)
 - depends: Update dependencies gridcoin-community#2153 (@barton2526)
 - depends: Bump python to 3.6 gridcoin-community#2159 (@barton2526)
 - test: Update cppcheck linter to c++17 gridcoin-community#2157 (@barton2526)
 - test: Drop Travis specific workarounds, Mention commit id in error, Fix typos, Update spellcheck ignore words gridcoin-community#2158 (@barton2526)
 - gui: Overhaul the voting UI gridcoin-community#2151 (@cyrossignol)
 - wallet: simplify nTimeSmart calculation gridcoin-community#2144 (@div72)
 - gui: Refresh checkbox and radio button styles gridcoin-community#2170 (@cyrossignol)
 - build: Bump libevent to 2.1.11 gridcoin-community#2172 (@barton2526)
 - build: Update native_mac_alias, Remove big sur patch file in qt recipe gridcoin-community#2173 (@barton2526)
 - docs: Misc Grammar gridcoin-community#2176 (@barton2526)
 - build: miniupnpc 2.2.2 gridcoin-community#2179 (@barton2526)
 - rpc: Refresh rainbymagnitude gridcoin-community#2163 (@jamescowens)
 - util: optimize HexStr gridcoin-community#2185 (@div72)
 - refactor: misc style changes gridcoin-community#2177 (@div72)
 - rpc: consolidatemsunspent changes. gridcoin-community#2136 (@iFoggz)
 - refactor: Replace "GlobalStatus" state management gridcoin-community#2183 (@cyrossignol)
 - rpc, util: Remove use of ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY for now gridcoin-community#2190 (@jamescowens)
 - doc: Replace hidden service with onion service, Capitalize "Tor" gridcoin-community#2193 (@barton2526)
 - gui: Update Qt Linguist localization files gridcoin-community#2192 (@cyrossignol)
 - script: Shell script cleanups gridcoin-community#2195 (@barton2526)
 - build: set minimum required Boost to 1.58.0 gridcoin-community#2194 (@barton2526)
 - build, util: Prevent execution for Windows versions less than Windows 7 gridcoin-community#2203 (@jamescowens)
 - build: Tweak NSIS Windows installer gridcoin-community#2204 (@jamescowens)
 - build: Add bison in depends gridcoin-community#2206 (@iFoggz)
 - build: macOS toolchain bump gridcoin-community#2207 (@div72)
 - doc: Update build-unix.md gridcoin-community#2212 (@springfielddatarecovery)
 - build: Bump minimum python version to 3.6, Remove python2 references gridcoin-community#2219 (@barton2526)
 - depends: Change openSSL source path to Github gridcoin-community#2237 (@barton2526)
 - doc: Fix typo in bug report template gridcoin-community#2243 (@jamescowens)
 - ci: fold depends output gridcoin-community#2244 (@div72)

Removed
 - wallet: remove dead hardcoded addnodes gridcoin-community#2116 (@sweede-se)
 - rpc: Remove readconfig gridcoin-community#2248 (@jamescowens)
 - rpc: Remove obsolete comparesnapshotaccrual RPC function gridcoin-community#2100 (@jamescowens)
 - rpc: Remove memorypool RPC Command gridcoin-community#2214 (@RoboticMind)
 - rpc: Remove deprecated RPC commands gridcoin-community#2101 (@jamescowens)
 - Remove CCT from README, add Discord gridcoin-community#2134 (@barton2526)
 - refactor: Remove obsolete pubsub method definitions gridcoin-community#2191 (@barton2526)
 - refactor: Remove msMiningErrorsIncluded & msMiningErrorsExcluded gridcoin-community#2215 (@RoboticMind)
 - qt: Remove obsolete topLevelWidget(), Remove obsolete QRegExpValidator gridcoin-community#2198 (@barton2526)
 - net: Drop support of the insecure miniUPnPc versions gridcoin-community#2178 (@barton2526)
 - log: remove deprecated db log category gridcoin-community#2201 (@barton2526)
 - doc: Remove CCT from README and release process docs gridcoin-community#2175 (@barton2526)
 - build: Remove travis references gridcoin-community#2156 (@barton2526)

Fixed
 - gui: Fix macOS and designer font sizes gridcoin-community#2098 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Have the TrafficGraphWidget respect the selected stylesheet. gridcoin-community#2107 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Fix macOS display inconsistencies gridcoin-community#2106 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix RPC console auto-complete background color gridcoin-community#2108 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Avoid reloading redundant stylesheets gridcoin-community#2109 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix "no active beacon" status gridcoin-community#2110 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix dark theme link text color visibility gridcoin-community#2115 (@cyrossignol)
 - scraper, util, qt: Fix several deprecations and warnings gridcoin-community#2131 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Fix duplicate time in GUIUtil::dateTimeStr() gridcoin-community#2139 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix debug console traffic graph legend colors gridcoin-community#2142 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix nomenclature gridcoin-community#2104 (@jamescowens)
 - doc: Fix Typos gridcoin-community#2149 (@barton2526)
 - doc: Fix "master" branch build status badge in readme gridcoin-community#2167 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix Inter font rendering on Windows with FreeType gridcoin-community#2169 (@cyrossignol)
 - gui: Fix assert on non-existent data directory and GUI datadir chooser corner case issues gridcoin-community#2174 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Fix display artifact in poll loading indicator gridcoin-community#2180 (@cyrossignol)
 - rpc, logging: Minor fixes for sidestake logging gridcoin-community#2187 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Fix fractional scaling for dialog sizes gridcoin-community#2189 (@cyrossignol)
 - doc: Random fixes gridcoin-community#2197 (@barton2526)
 - doc: getbalance should say GRC not "btc" gridcoin-community#2199 (@barton2526)
 - net: Add missing verification of IPv6 address in CNetAddr::GetIn6Addr¦ gridcoin-community#2200 (@barton2526)
 - doc: remove duplicate line from .gitignore gridcoin-community#2202 (@Pythonix)
 - util: Tweak exception handling in MilliTimer class to eliminate compiler warnings gridcoin-community#2233 (@jamescowens)
 - depends: patch missing include in qt gridcoin-community#2234 (@div72)
 - wallet, rpc: Check each input for IsMine() in GetAddressGroupings gridcoin-community#2242 (@jamescowens)
 - util, qt: Fix snapshot download gridcoin-community#2246 (@jamescowens)
 - gui: Fix Column Widths in RPC Console. Elide long strings in their center. Indent user agent. gridcoin-community#2241 (@barton2526)
 - qt: Fix crash during download snapshot on macOS gridcoin-community#2250 (@jamescowens)
 - qt: Don't allow to open the debug window during splashscreen & verification state gridcoin-community#2245 (@barton2526)
 - gui: Fix address book selected model record when editing gridcoin-community#2253 (@cyrossignol)
 - researcher: Check wallet status before beacon renewal gridcoin-community#2254 (@cyrossignol)
 - qt: Prevent pasting (no label) as label in consolidation transaction gridcoin-community#2255 (@jamescowens)
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