Merge pull request #9037 from Calinou/multiple-resolutions-update-hidpi-support

Update hiDPI support documentation in Multiple resolutions

Author: mhilbrunner

tutorials/rendering/multiple_resolutions.rst

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ screen sizes.
 .. note::
 
    On this page, *window* refers to the screen area allotted to your game
-   by the system, while *viewport* refers to the root object (accessible 
+   by the system, while *viewport* refers to the root object (accessible
    from ``get_tree().root``) which the game controls to fill this screen area.
    This viewport is a :ref:`Window <class_Window>` instance. Recall from the
    :ref:`introduction <doc_viewports>` that *all* Window objects are viewports.
@@ -481,18 +481,34 @@ Non-game application
 hiDPI support
 -------------
 
-By default, Godot projects aren't considered DPI-aware by the operating system.
-This is done to improve performance on low-end systems, since the operating
-system's DPI fallback scaling will be faster than letting the application scale
-itself (even when using the ``viewport`` stretch mode).
-
-However, the OS-provided DPI fallback scaling doesn't play well with fullscreen
-mode. If you want crisp visuals on hiDPI displays or if project uses fullscreen,
-it's recommended to enable **Display > Window > Dpi > Allow Hidpi** in the
-Project Settings.
-
-**Allow Hidpi** is only effective on Windows and macOS. It's ignored on all
-other platforms.
+By default, Godot projects are considered DPI-aware by the operating system.
+This is controlled by the **Display > Window > Dpi > Allow Hidpi** project setting,
+which should be left enabled whenever possible. Disabling DPI awareness can break
+fullscreen behavior on Windows.
+
+Since Godot projects are DPI-aware, they may appear at a very small window size
+when launching on an hiDPI display (proportionally to the screen resolution).
+For a game, the most common way to work around this issue is to make them
+fullscreen by default. Alternatively, you could set the window size in an
+:ref:`autoload <doc_singletons_autoload>`'s ``_ready()`` function according to
+the screen size.
+
+To ensure 2D elements don't appear too small on hiDPI displays:
+
+- For games, use the ``canvas_items`` or ``viewport`` stretch modes so that 2D
+  elements are automatically resized according to the current window size.
+- For non-game applications, use the ``disabled`` stretch mode and set the
+  stretch scale to a value corresponding to the display scale factor in an
+  :ref:`autoload <doc_singletons_autoload>`'s ``_ready()`` function.
+  The display scale factor is set in the operating system's settings and can be queried
+  using :ref:`screen_get_scale<class_DisplayServer_method_screen_get_scale>`. This
+  method is currently only implemented on macOS. On other operating systems, you
+  will need to implement a method to guess the display scale factor based on the
+  screen resolution (with a setting to let the user override this if needed). This
+  is the approach currently used by the Godot editor.
+
+The **Allow Hidpi** setting is only effective on Windows and macOS. It's ignored
+on all other platforms.
 
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