Gnome scaling is so weird at 1080p

Today I had to switch back to an old laptop while my new Tuxedo laptop gets repaired and I really noticed the lack of proper scaling going back to a 1080p 14 inch laptop. Date/time and icons are a bit hard to see by default like Gnome isn’t mean to be used on this form factor.

Now I remembered there was a font scaling setting in Tweaks that makes it a bit better but I was wondering why all icons are scaling so weirdly:

factor 1.0(default) with 100% display scale

factor 1.5 with 100% display scale

factor 1.8 with 100% display scale

factor 2 with 100% display scale

factor 1 with 200% display scale

The 200% display scaling seems to be the only setting that actually scales everything evenly but 100% is way too small and 200% is massively big. The screenshot doesn’t do it justice how big and cramped 200% makes it look, like it’s a device for the elderly. The calendar barely fits in the screen when I open it.

Was there already some way to use fractional scaling without using the font size scaling factor in Tweaks?
I’d love to try something else until I get my 16:10 1440p laptop back.

Thanks in advance!

Same as my lappy then. I personally use fractional scaling (its a hidden experimental feature).

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features ['scale-monitor-framebuffer', 'xwayland-native-scaling']

Then in your Displays settings you can set scaling.

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Had to change it to:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer', 'xwayland-native-scaling']"

But thanks!
I’ve set it to 150% and it’s perfectly scaled now!
Wish this was just an option in display settings instead of an experimental gsettings setting.

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Well, there are still some problems with it, so its still not quite ready to be there by default.

Also, happy to help!

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