[Bug 42973] New: Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen resolution changes

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42973

Bug ID: 42973
           Summary: Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen
                    resolution changes
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Mac OS X
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: winemac.drv
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]

Created attachment 58108
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=58108
Before the resolution changes

When RetinaMode is enabled, any change in screen resolution immediately turns
it off for the rest of the Wine session. This happens independently of the
target or source resolutions. This is particularly annoying when using Remote
Desktop solutions such as TeamViewer.

[Bug 42973] Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen resolution changes

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42973

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] ---
Created attachment 58109
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=58109
After the resolution changes

[Bug 42973] Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen resolution changes

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42973

--- Comment #2 from Ken Thomases  ---
Hmm.  Yeah.

The original thought was around Wine programs (e.g. games) themselves changing
the resolution.  In that case, the new resolution is just treated "normally"
(Retina mode off) because it's assumed that the game wants exactly what it
requested.  That is, if a game switches to 1280x720, it wants 1280x720 pixels,
not 2560x1440 pixels which is what Retina mode would translate it to.

Basically, Retina mode is keyed off of the original resolution as it was at
program launch, and only that resolution.

Obviously, that doesn't work so well for external resolution changes. 
Unfortunately, it's hard to distinguish between an resolution change that's
completely external to Wine vs. one which one Wine program is seeing because
another Wine program changed the resolution.

As you probably figured, the workaround in the meantime is to restart the Wine
programs after the resolution change.

[Bug 42973] Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen resolution changes

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42973

Ken Thomases  changed:

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[Bug 42973] Retina Mode gets automatically disabled if the screen resolution changes

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42973

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
Would it be possible to add some additional registry key or something to always
force retina mode for those of us who don't really use Wine for games?