Reputation: 778

Increase GUI size in Netbeans 7

Ever since I upgraded to Netbeans 7, the font size for the GUI (and the icons) are much smaller. Is there any way to increase their size?

Upvotes: 2

Answers (6)

Gustavo Adolfo

Reputation: 1

If you use de SNAP version.. you can launch the IDE with de following option (for example font size = 25)

1st) Option: (launch interactively through a character-oriented terminal)

Click to see with Ubuntu spanish version

env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/netbeans_netbeans.desktop /snap/bin/netbeans --fontsize 25

And you get:

Click to see with Ubuntu spanish version

Compare the font size of the Netbenas menu agaist the ubuntu menu.

The 2nd and 3rd options..I still haven't check them.

2nd Option: (Modify graphic launcher using program Main Menu)

env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/netbeans_netbeans.desktop /snap/bin/netbeans --fontsize 25 %F

Click to see with Ubuntu spanish version

3rd) Option: (launch at sesion startup with the start command)

env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/netbeans_netbeans.desktop /snap/bin/netbeans --fontsize 25 %F

Click to see with Ubuntu spanish version

Upvotes: 0

Drago

Reputation: 31

For anyone else experiencing a similar problem in the future. To change the font size of the GUI as originally requested, try the following:

Edit the netbeans.conf file found in the /etc directory of the Netbeans installation directory

Look for netbeans_default_options=" ... "

See if --fontsize is included in between the quotation marks and if so, you should see a size after the --fontsize (ie 12), just change this to another larger number to suit you

If --fontsize is not included in between the quotation marks then add it to the end, just before the closing quotation mark (ie --fontszie 14), using a size that suits you

You will need to experiment with different sizes until you find the one that suits you.

Upvotes: 3