When using P2D or P3d my display window appears partially off-screen in the upper left – this even happens when using fullscreen or present mode, which do not actually fill the whole screen anymore. I have a feeling this has something to do with my windows display scaling (currently at 225% for my s…

Hello @dkemp , Try this and change x and y as required: void setup() { size(300, 300, P2D); int x = 600; int y = 600; surface.setLocation(x, y); } void draw() { } Reference: [image] setLocation() / Reference The setLocation() function defines the position of the Pro…

[image] glv: surface.setLocation(x, y); Thanks that really helps a lot and solves the issue when running the sketch normally; however, I’m still getting some weird behaviors when using fullScreen(P3D); or running the sketch in “present” mode. Also wondering if this is a bug in the latest ve…

Hello @dkemp , This may be of interest: [image] DPI Renderer Scaling Override for JAVA2D Processing Hello folks! Forcing 1:1 Pixel Rendering for Different Renderers in Processing This sketch demonstrates how to force 1:1 pixel rendering by overriding DPI sca…

This is very interesting - Thanks!

[image] glv: surface.setLocation(x, y); doesn’t work for me when using fullScreen(P3D); Seems to me to be a new error in 4.4.8

[image] glv: surface.setLocation(x, y); [image] dkemp: I’m still getting some weird behaviors when using fullScreen(P3D); or running the sketch in “present” mode. I have never used ‘present’ mode but surely ‘fullscreen’ mode would override setLocation since the display would be forced …

[image] quark: it is related to the Windows display setting That actually solved it. With fullScreen(P3D); the Sketch window was much smaller than the screen (it wasn’t the location as I first thought) and when I used fullScreen(P3D, 0); instead, it worked. (but again this is new with 4.4.8…

[image] Chrisir: With fullScreen(P3D); the Sketch window was much smaller than the screen (it wasn’t the location as I first thought) and when I used fullScreen(P3D, 0); instead, it worked Similar issue with this on Windows with scaling of 125%: [image] Renderers (and…

Off screen display windows placement when using P3D or P2D

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Hello @dkemp ,

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Off screen display windows placement when using P3D or P2D

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