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.

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Control + scrolling mouse can change font size in vs 2019 on windows – Pavindu

12 Answers

32
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In the Macros explorer under samples/accessibility there is an IncreaseTextEditorFontSize and a DecreaseTextEditorFontSize. Bind those to some keyboard shortcuts.

179
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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.

115
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Ctrl + MouseWheel on active editor.

15
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Ctrl + MouseWheel works on almost anything...not just visual studio

11
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I am using Visual Studio 2017 , I found below can change font size

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8
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Use : Tools in Menu -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors

3
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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

2
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Be sure to check out the VS 2010 Beta that was just released. The new editor should have this.

2
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Ctrl + Alt + MouseWheel will work in Visual Studio 2015.

2
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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

0
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This worked for me:

Ctrl + - to minimize

Ctrl + + to maximize

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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)