Shortcut for changing font size

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Does anybody know if there is a shortcut or something similar for changing the font size in the text editor in Visual Studio 2008?

What I mean is something like Ctrl + mouse wheel like in Firefox.

Accessing the Options window and then selecting Environment > Fonts and Colors is fine if you don't have to change the font size all the time, but in my case, I would like to be able to change it depending on what I am doing (writing and reading code or just reading it).

I guess I could create two almost identical settings files and import them whenever I want, but that is even slower.

Control + scrolling mouse can change font size in vs 2019 on windows — Pavindu, May 17 '21 at 14:30

score 203 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 10 '18 at 08:03

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You'll probably find these shortcuts useful:

Ctrl+Shift+. to zoom in.

Ctrl+Shift+, to zoom out.

Those characters are period and comma, respectively.

edited Oct 10 '18 at 08:03

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answered May 31 '12 at 21:07

BornToCode

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They don't work in VS2019. – Fizz Jan 16 '22 at 14:11
@Fizz - I just verified and it works on VS2019 for me. Unless you changed the default I assume it should work for you as well. – BornToCode Jan 17 '22 at 11:48
@BornToCode: no I haven't changed any defaults. Using 16.11.9 barely installed on a machine that didn't have any VS installed before. – Fizz Jan 17 '22 at 12:53
Is there a way to increase *all* font sizes? I know can go to `Tools in Menu -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors`, but then I have to change the settings for *each* window/component. I wouldn't mind, but I often log in remotely to the same machine using screens of wildly differing sizes. – user2023370 Sep 30 '22 at 15:54
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@user2023370 - There's a Windows setting to increase text by 125% etc. you can also export and import VS settings with the font sizes you defined. – BornToCode Oct 18 '22 at 13:32

Sentient · Answer 2 · 2011-12-12T20:09:19.363

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Ctrl + MouseWheel on active editor.

edited Dec 12 '11 at 20:09

answered Sep 08 '10 at 03:47

Sentient

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This suddenly quit working for me. Is this defined somewhere? – Patrick Szalapski Apr 06 '21 at 18:52

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '09 at 17:25

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In the Macros explorer under samples/accessibility there is an IncreaseTextEditorFontSize and a DecreaseTextEditorFontSize. Bind those to some keyboard shortcuts.

answered May 22 '09 at 17:25

Martin Harris

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@Dolphin In VS2010 under Options-Environment-Keyboard you can bind the commands View.ZoomIn and View.ZoomOut. These are the equivalent of the mouse wheel zooming. – Martin Harris Dec 07 '12 at 11:16

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 06 '10 at 21:49

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Ctrl + MouseWheel works on almost anything...not just visual studio

answered Oct 06 '10 at 21:49

Ash

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score 14 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 20 '19 at 08:01

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I am using Visual Studio 2017 , I found below can change font size

answered Nov 20 '19 at 08:01

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score 8 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:23

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Use : Tools in Menu -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:23

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score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 03 '20 at 04:14

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In visual studio 2019 you can use,

Either:

Ctrl + Shift + . To increase

Ctrl + Shift + , To decrease

Or

Go to Tools > Options... > Environment > Fonts and Colors

answered Jul 03 '20 at 04:14

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 12:06

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Ctrl + Alt + MouseWheel will work in Visual Studio 2015.

answered Jan 18 '17 at 12:06

jmart

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You don't need the `Alt`. It's `Ctrl + MouseWheel` as mentioned in other answers. – 41686d6564 stands w. Palestine Jan 18 '17 at 12:24

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 29 '17 at 05:15

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You can chnage font size by ctrl + mousewheel.

OR

tools --> options --> environment --> font and color.

Detail with screenshot is mentonied here

answered Aug 29 '17 at 05:15

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered May 23 '09 at 04:15

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Be sure to check out the VS 2010 Beta that was just released. The new editor should have this.

answered May 23 '09 at 04:15

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 28 '19 at 23:59

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This worked for me:

Ctrl + - to minimize

Ctrl + + to maximize

answered May 28 '19 at 23:59

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Jan 16 '21 at 18:19

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In visual studio code if your front is too small or too big, then you just need to zoom out or zoom in. To do that you just have to do:

For zoom in : ctrl + = (ctrl and equal both)
For zoom out: ctrl + - (ctrl and - both)

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 25 '23 at 19:35

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For currently latest version of VScode (version 1.76.2),

simply add- "editor.mouseWheelZoom": true in setting.json file

and now you can simply press ctrl + mousewheel scroll to zoom in and out.

answered Mar 25 '23 at 19:35

Abhyuday Dubey

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