I'd like to change the font size of the "Groups & Files" panel of the Xcode IDE. I know how to change the "Fonts & Colors" in the preferences, but those (seem to) only affect the code window, not the rest of the IDE. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Here's another person wishing for a larger font, and wouldn't mind doing some surgery to achieve this. I took a look at the XCode .nib files, and didn't see anything obvious. Has anyone enlarged the font by flipping some bits? – gary Mar 03 '10 at 16:18
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1I never see an IDE can't change font size, Apple was so stupid here. – zdd Mar 21 '14 at 06:24
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I believe you can change the size of the Groups & Files pane by setting the PBXTableFontSize parameter in ~Library/Preferences/com.apple.Xcode.plist. This needs PBXTableFont to be set first to take effect.
1) Run defaults write com.apple.Xcode PBXTableFontSize 20 in Terminal, substituting 20 for whatever value you wish to use.
2) Run defaults write com.apple.Xcode PBXTableFont Helvetica in Terminal, substituting Helvetica for the font you wish to use. I'm not sure what OS X's default Sans Serif font is, but Helvetica is pretty generic.
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My bad - forgot you need to set PBXTableFont for the change to take effect. Edited answer to work. – welp Mar 16 '10 at 11:32
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1I'm afraid I don't have any solution (to date) for Xcode 4. Will let you know if I find something. – welp Apr 04 '11 at 21:01
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Hey Nate, sorry about the slow reply -- afraid I've not got an update as I'm no longer developing on OS X. It may be worth re-asking this question for Xcode 4 specifically. – welp May 16 '12 at 21:46
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No, I don't believe this is possible - unless you want to start hacking away at XCode's internal structure. I'd file an enhancement request on this.
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Okay. Thanks. One the one hand I'm glad that I'm not missing something obvious. On the other, it's kind of annoying that I can't change that stuff. – Alan Dec 23 '09 at 18:56