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Fix Blurry VSCode in Wayland under HiDPI laptop displays in Linux
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Guide to fix blurry VSCode in Wayland under HiDPI laptop displays in Linux

Before fix:

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  1. Open the Terminal and in your preferred text editor open /usr/share/applications/code.desktop with administrative privilages (i.e. sudo nano /usr/share/applications/code.desktop).

  2. Now comment out the existing Exec line by adding # to the front and add the below line:

Exec=/usr/share/code/code %F --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform-hint=auto --unity-launch

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Credits: This fix is a modified version of the original fix suggested in Reddit.

After fix:

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Note: this Fix must be applied manually again, everytime VSCode is updated.

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