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Ogawa Seiji
Ogawa Seiji

Reputation: 331

How to change NetBeans Font Size

I am in trouble because font size of the Project window, File window and Service window is small.

How can I change to larger size fonts?

I do not hope that font size in other parts will be changed. E.g. tool menu font size.

I am using:

Upvotes: 23

Views: 42174

Answers (11)

dko
dko

Reputation: 361

A couple fellas (Muzaffar and GucciDiet) beat me to it on this question- but hope this helps someone :)

Below is my solution from 2 other similar questions here and here

Literally NONE of these worked for me.

I am using NetBeans 11.1 on Linux. I found the solution by searching the Options menu. The issue was the IDE Theme- which has an "Override" font size.

  1. Tools > Options > Appearance > Darcula Look And Feel
  2. Uncheck "Override Default fonts by [ Dialog 10 ]"
  3. (OR increase the override font to a bigger size)
  4. Hit OK
  5. Exit and restart NetBeans!

Your environment preferences should be saved for future NetBeans sessions!

Options Window

Upvotes: 0

GucciDiet
GucciDiet

Reputation: 21

My overall NetBeans (8.0) window and fonts was annoyingly and unpleasantly small so I found that Options/Appearance/Look and Feel - Windows Classic was the only one that could be used on a Windows 10.

Upvotes: 0

MuzaffarShaikh
MuzaffarShaikh

Reputation: 430

Go to,

Tools -> Options -> Appearance

Check the box which says 'Override default fonts by'. Choose the Font Size. This should change the font of Project Window. Doesn't significantly affect the overall font.

Note : Im using Netbeans 8.2

Upvotes: 1

ajbeaven
ajbeaven

Reputation: 9562

Edit the netbeans.conf file (located in the /etc folder of your NetBeans installation), look for the line that starts with "netbeans_default_options=". Edit the fontsize parameter if present. If not, add something like "--fontsize 11" (without the quote) at the end of the line.

Source

Upvotes: 38

Pransh Tiwari
Pransh Tiwari

Reputation: 4182

Go to the bin directory where Netbeans is installed. Generally the defualt is : C:\Program Files\NetBeans <version>\bin. Now through Command Prompt start netbeans by: netbeans --fontsize <fontsize> --console suppress. By using --console suppress you can close the cmd window, without the Netbeans window getting affected.

Upvotes: 0

cbucher
cbucher

Reputation: 7

How about using a screen magnifier?

on Windows 7, Sysinternals ZoomIt works fine.

Nearly every Linux desktop has one as well.

Upvotes: -3

jdb1015
jdb1015

Reputation: 145

I have a NetBeans plugin called 'UI-Editor' that you can use to customize virtually all Swing Settings (including Font types, sizes, and colors). Go to Tools->Plugins and search for UI-Editor. Or go here: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/55618/?show=true

Upvotes: 1

Tebe
Tebe

Reputation: 3214

Try this:

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Size of font can be set via settings

Upvotes: 3

Andrew Atkinson
Andrew Atkinson

Reputation: 4251

Alt + scroll wheel will increase / decrease the font size of the main code window

Upvotes: 34

Boogley Beegly
Boogley Beegly

Reputation: 95

So you are just trying to change the font size in netbeans? You can click on tools>options at the top and then click on the "Fonts and Colors" tab. There you can also change the color of the font. Also, you can use Eclipse which is a little simpler than netbeans.

Upvotes: 0

user1830253
user1830253

Reputation: 81

For Linux: http://cristian-radulescu.ro/article/fix-netbeans-big-fonts-on-ubuntu.html

That post recommends adding

--laf Nimbus -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd

It certainly works on Ubuntu 12.04. I don't know if the same settings will work for Windows7 (but they could because they are Java settings, not OS settings).

Upvotes: 6

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