SoapUI in high DPI

Running SoapUI on my new fantastic 4K 15.6″ Windows 10 laptop had me looking for a pair of binoculars.

Windows 10 itself handles the extreme high DPI resolutions quite good. But SOAPUI does not scale very well. Luckily the solution is simple.

Resolution

Add the following registry setting:

reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide /v PreferExternalManifest /d 1 /t REG_DWORD

Create a file called {your-soapui-exe}.manifest in the SoapUI bin folder, such as soapUI-5.2.1.exe.manifest, with the following content:

soapui asmv3:application <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings”> <ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware xmlns:ms_windowsSettings=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings”>false</ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware> </asmv3:windowsSettings> </asmv3:application>

Done. Restart SoapUI and it scales so much better!

This could also be applied to other applications having the same problem.