VSCode blurry text under Wayland

wayland-blurry-fix.md

Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Visual_Studio_Code#Blurry_text_under_Wayland

Due to Electron issues Visual Studio Code defaults to run under XWayland which may cause blurry text if you're using HiDPI screens.

In order to fix this issue you need to force Electron to run under Wayland by adding --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland, for example you'll be launching VSCode like

$ code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland

This fix can be made permanent by creating a .desktop file or by directly editing /usr/share/applications/visual-studio-code.desktop

This is not working for VSCodium sadly.

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You may want to add WaylandWindowDecorations if you don't see window borders

code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform=wayland

You may want to add WaylandWindowDecorations if you don't see window borders

code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform=wayland

How can i make permanent by editing "/usr/share/applications/visual-studio-code.desktop"?

To make it permanent, you may want to append --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform=wayland in the code.desktop file in the Exec

I have done this and it works great! However, when starting up the application, it starts as a new Visual Code instance and now I have 2 vscode logos in the task bar. Is there any other wayland flag or something to fix this?

on arch linux you can add these to ~/.config/code-flags.conf and will work for both desktop and command-line invokations

Seems that it doesn't work for me.

my vscode is still blurry, and has window decorations

my vscode is still blurry

Make sure you closed all other instances of code before running the command

This used to work, but recently, it looks blurry in the same way in both Xwayland mode and in Wayland mode. That is, I ran it with code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland, and it looks blurry as Xwayland mode. I am sure it is running in Wayland mode, because IME is not working. When running in Xwayland mode, IME works. What gives? Is there any solution?

PS: I have found the reason... the presence of another monitor with a different DPI. Someone has already opened an issue with that ( microsoft/vscode#174876 ).

I find that if I configure these flags in code-flags.conf, I can't actually open any files with the code terminal command.

Edit: electron running as node, running the Code script, wants a -- after the switches and before any open files.

I still have a crash on opening with these flags