feat: add disable-lcd-text flag (#211716)

microsoft · May 6, 2024 · 8a3f7e9 · 8a3f7e9
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diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ function configureCommandlineSwitchesSync(cliArgs) {
 		'disable-hardware-acceleration',
 
 		// override for the color profile to use
-		'force-color-profile'
+		'force-color-profile',
+
+		// disable LCD font rendering, a Chromium flag
+		'disable-lcd-text'
 	];
 
 	if (process.platform === 'linux') {

diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export interface NativeParsedArgs {
 	'inspect'?: string;
 	'inspect-brk'?: string;
 	'js-flags'?: string;
+	'disable-lcd-text'?: boolean;
 	'disable-gpu'?: boolean;
 	'disable-gpu-sandbox'?: boolean;
 	'nolazy'?: boolean;

diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 
 	'inspect-extensions': { type: 'string', allowEmptyValue: true, deprecates: ['debugPluginHost'], args: 'port', cat: 't', description: localize('inspect-extensions', "Allow debugging and profiling of extensions. Check the developer tools for the connection URI.") },
 	'inspect-brk-extensions': { type: 'string', allowEmptyValue: true, deprecates: ['debugBrkPluginHost'], args: 'port', cat: 't', description: localize('inspect-brk-extensions', "Allow debugging and profiling of extensions with the extension host being paused after start. Check the developer tools for the connection URI.") },
+	'disable-lcd-text': { type: 'boolean', cat: 't', description: localize('disableLCDText', "Disable LCD font rendering.") },
 	'disable-gpu': { type: 'boolean', cat: 't', description: localize('disableGPU', "Disable GPU hardware acceleration.") },
 	'disable-chromium-sandbox': { type: 'boolean', cat: 't', description: localize('disableChromiumSandbox', "Use this option only when there is requirement to launch the application as sudo user on Linux or when running as an elevated user in an applocker environment on Windows.") },
 	'sandbox': { type: 'boolean' },

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/desktop.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/desktop.contribution.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ import { MAX_ZOOM_LEVEL, MIN_ZOOM_LEVEL } from 'vs/platform/window/electron-sand
 				type: 'string',
 				description: localize('argv.locale', 'The display Language to use. Picking a different language requires the associated language pack to be installed.')
 			},
+			'disable-lcd-text': {
+				type: 'boolean',
+				description: localize('argv.disableLcdText', 'Disables LCD font antialiasing.')
+			},
 			'disable-hardware-acceleration': {
 				type: 'boolean',
 				description: localize('argv.disableHardwareAcceleration', 'Disables hardware acceleration. ONLY change this option if you encounter graphic issues.')