spyder change editor default font/scale/zoom

Question

Is there an option in Spyder to set/change a default script window (editor) scale?

I always have to adjust the script display for each script when I open Spyder with ctrl + mouse wheel and it annoys me a lil bit.

I searched in Spyder preferences and in google, but didn't find anything helpful.

Dmitriy Fialkovskiy · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-29T11:51:54.317

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Seems that I didn't inspect Preferences attentively enough initially. Right answer is:

Preferences → Text and margin font style → Size

EDIT: updating answer according to comments.

In the latest versions of Spyder IDE path to changing font size is:

Tools → Preferences → General → Appearance → Fonts

EDIT2 (since march 2021):

Tools → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts

EDIT3 (since march 2023):

Python → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts

edited Mar 29 '23 at 11:51

answered Jul 27 '17 at 12:28

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Right not it's in Tools → Preferences → General → Appearance – matanster Jun 16 '18 at 14:37
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Oddly, it doesn't always affect the console and editor windows the same. – matanster Jun 16 '18 at 14:40
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+1 They removed one step, so you no longer have to click on General to get to Appearance. Appearance is on the main preferences page. `Tools → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts` – mikey Mar 11 '21 at 14:24
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As of March 2023, it's now under the Python menu > Preferences > Appearance – Antares2018 Mar 23 '23 at 05:43

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 01 '19 at 09:26

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Right clicking in the text window there are menus Zoom in, Zoom out and Zoom reset

answered Jan 01 '19 at 09:26

Freeman

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hi, there's no problem in adjusting script display using `ctrl + mouse wheel`, hotkeys or by right mouse click menu. The initial question was how to change _default_ font size for not to change size on every launch, so your answer doesn't really answer it. – Dmitriy Fialkovskiy Jan 01 '19 at 09:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 28 '23 at 18:04

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You can use Ctrl++ to zoom-in and Ctrl+- to zoom-out of the editor.

answered Jan 28 '23 at 18:04

Codingkido

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