How to change font size in Eclipse for Java text editors

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I have just tried to change my font size in Eclipse 3 6 0 in the following way      General  rarr  Appearance  rarr  Colors and Fonts  rarr  Java Editor text font   However  the font size only changed in the file I had open  How can I change the font size for all Java files and projects I open in Eclipse

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If you are using STS  then goto STS Contents Eclipse directory and open the STS ini file   From the STS ini file  remove the flooring line   -Dorg eclipse swt internal carbon smallFonts   And restart the STS

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I tend to use menu Windows   Preferences   General   Appearances   Colors and Fonts   Java Text Editors   Change   Apply

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I Found the best way to increase Font Size in Eclipse   Follow this path   Eclipse-Folder plugins org eclipse ui themes 1 2 100 v20180514-1547 css  --There are a bunch of Files here and it depends on user system which file to change         font-size 13    font-family  Helvetica  Arial  sans-serif    font-weight  normal       you can even change Font Family if you like    For Windows Users add the following piece of css at BOTTOM of these files  File Names     e4 default gtk css  amp  e4 default win css For Mac Users  e4 default mac css

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Running Eclipse nbsp v4 3  Kepler   the steps outlined by AlvaroCachoperro do the trick for the Java text editor and console window text   Many of the text font options  including the Java Editor Text Font note  are  set to default  Text Font   The  default  can be found and configured as follows   On the Eclipse toolbar  select Window   Preferences  Drill down to   General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Basic   Text Font   at the bottom    Click Edit and select the font  style and size    Click OK in the Font dialog    Click Apply in the Preferences dialog to check it  Click OK in the Preferences dialog to save it   Eclipse will remember your settings for your current workspace   I teach programming and use the larger font for the students in the back

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You can use   ctrl and   or - key

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On Mac    Eclipse toolbar Eclipse   Preferences OR Command      comma  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Basic   Text Font Apply

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For Eclipse Neon  To Increase Ctrl     To reduce Ctrl  -

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Menu Window   Preferences  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Basic   Text Font

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On the Eclipse toolbar  select Window   Preferences  set the font size  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Basic   Text Font    Save the preferences

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This worked for me   On the Eclipse toolbar  select Window   Preferences   Set the font size  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Basic   Text Font     Save the preferences

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If you are using windows then try with CTRL SHIFT   and for decreasing font size you can use CTRL SHIFT -

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General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Java Editor text font   See the image

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Press ctrl   - to decrease  and ctrl     to increase the Font Size  It s working for me in Eclipse Oxygen

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Try the tarlog plugin  You can change the font through Ctrl   and Ctrl-- commands with it  A very convenient thing   https   code google com archive p tarlog-plugins downloads

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On the menu bar  select Window   Preferences Set the font size  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Structured Text Editors   Structured Text Editor Text Font  set to default  Text Font    Edit      Save the preferences

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The Eclipse-Fonts extension will add toolbar buttons and keyboard shortcuts for changing font size  You can then use AutoHotkey to make Ctrl   mousewheel zoom   Under menu Help   Install New Software    in the menu  paste the update URL  http   eclipse-fonts googlecode com svn trunk FontsUpdate   into the Works with  text box and press Enter  Expand the tree and select FontsFeature as in the following image     Complete the installation and restart Eclipse  Then you should see the A toolbar buttons  circled in red in the following image  and be able to use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl   - and Ctrl     to zoom  although you may have to unbind those keys from Eclipse first      To get Ctrl   mouse wheel zooming  you can use AutoHotkey with the following script     Ctrl   mouse wheel zooming in Eclipse    Requires Eclipse-Fonts  https   code google com p eclipse-fonts      Thank you for the unique window class  SWT Eclipse     IfWinActive ahk class SWT Window0      WheelUp   Send           WheelDown   Send  -  IfWinActive

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If you are changing the font size  but it is only working for the currently open file  then I suspect that you are changing the wrong preferences   On the Eclipse toolbar  select Window   Preferences Set the font size  General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Java   Java Editor Text Font   Save the preferences   Check that you do not have per-project preferences  These will override the top-level preferences  Eclipse  v4 2  Juno  note Per comment below  this has moved to the Eclipse Preferences menu  no longer named the Window menu   Eclipse  v4 3  Kepler  note The Window menu is live again  that is  menu Window   Preferences  Note Be sure to check out the ChandraBhan Singh s answer  it shows the key bindings to change the font size

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You can have a look at Eclipse color theme  also which has a hell of a lot of options for customizing font  background color  etc

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