Scaling the desktop – kde

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I've just installed OpenSuse 13.2 on my xps13. The resolution is a whopping 3200 x 1800. Which causes the text to come up tiny… Any way for me to scale this without having to lower the resolution (I'd like to keep that for watching movies etc.).

update:
I've changed the dpi setting of fonts, which was in system settings as an option. It help a lot already, but some applications and menus just don't adjust… See below:

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For KDE 5.28 on (K)ubuntu 16.04 (screenshots from Kubuntun 18.04), I've needed to set both Display scaling under System Settings → Display and Monitor → Display Configuration → Scale Display:

And I've needed to set the font dpi manually under System Settings → Fonts → Force fonts DPI:

That helped for KDE applications, but also e.g. for Firefox and Chrome.

wmctrl

You can progammatically get the names of your workspaces/windows using this command:

$ wmctrl -d
0  * DG: 5760x900  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,25 1440x826  Workspace 1
1  - DG: 5760x900  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,25 1440x826  
2  - DG: 5760x900  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,25 1440x826  N/A
3  - DG: 5760x900  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,25 1440x826  N/A

You can also switch to another window using this command:

$ wmctrl -s <workspace_name>

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