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Highlighting frames are misplaced on the secondary display with another DPI scaling #13370

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Steps to reproduce:

You need two displays with different DPI scaling factors (e.g. 100% and 200%)

  1. Start NVDA and enable highlighting
  2. Open explorer.exe, pick some item and make sure it is highlighted
  3. Move the window to another display - the blue rectangle is now at the wrong position

Actual behavior:

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Expected behavior:

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System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

installed

NVDA version:

2021.2

Windows version:

Windows 11

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Other information about your system:

Screenshots were taken on screen with 175% and 200% scaling

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Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

No

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Yes

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