How to increase font size in the Xcode editor

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To increase font-size in Xcode is a pain

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Update  - Behold Xcode 9 to the rescue  Now you can use cmd   to increase the fonts with Xcode 9  It took 5 Major releases for you to get it  Apple  But better late than never   figured it out - however it was not very intuitive   First some Pain Points   When You try to change the font size directly using edit -  format -  font  nothing happens  - Not a good UX     moreover why play dumb when you can tell user that they are using default or  System-owned  theme and they cannot change it  - Bad Design and more bad UX     Why keep this option  Cmd t  alive  which by the way is most standard way to increase font size across most well behaved mac apps  if you do not want user to change the font this way  In Xcode preferences  when you try to change the font size by clicking on  fonts and colors   thats when XCode gives a pop-up saying what needs to be done  Also making a duplicate and then changing the fonts and colors is a lot of work rather than giving a button that says  Restore to Defaults  if Apple is so worried about the user messing up the default settings    The solution is that - you need to duplicate the theme and then modify the copy you just made and apply that copy - phew

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I found that in the Preferences  there is no fonts and colors selection  Guess the version is different  following is the one that works for the latest version  Method 1   Go to Xcode - gt  Preferences Click Themes Click the T symbol in the middle of the font Adjust the size at the bottom right corner  Method 2 Simply adjust with cmd   or cmd -

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Actually  this is very easy    Go to preferences Then to font and colors Then select all the text options by clicking on  plain text  then pressing cmd a then click the little t in the font section then change the font and size as you wish and it will apply to all the code   Good luck

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Go to  Xcode menu  gt  Preferences  gt  Font  amp  Color  gt  Category   Double-click on Plain Text  a popup menu will come up  Change it from there

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I also found that you can change the fonts for printing which is controlled by the  Printing  theme   I wanted the print output to be the same as the default  but with a larger font    rename  printing  to  printing1   select the printing theme and click on it and it should allow you to change the name   click the     and select  Default  from the  New Theme From Template  selection rename it  Printing  click in the font area for  Source Editor  and cmd-A to select all of the fonts change the font size to some desired value  I like 12 point  by clicking the  T  icon and selecting the desired font size   After this the printouts should match the new  Printing  template  i e  in color and bigger  or however you make the template   the key is that printing takes its formating from the  Printing  Theme

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Go to Xcode -  Preferences    -  Font  amp  Colors -   select all types of font in  Default tab   On this Selection apply Font Size from bottom control

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For Xcode 4 1  Still a huge pain   Poor UI design  But my mindset does not seem to match the mindset of software engineers that make 100  character variable and method names  Enough of my complaining   I ll modify a previous post for the current version    Close any projects you have open in Xcode  Otherwise the Font window will be inaccessible while a project is open   Go to XCode   Preferences   Fonts  amp  Color From the  Theme  box select the theme you want to modify  or select the theme you want to modify and click the     button at the bottom of the theme list to clone it first for backup  for there is no undo option  In the source editor box there is a list of types of text that you may set the font for   Plain text  Comments  Documentation Comments          Select any or all items from the source editor list and the name and size of the font for that particular text will show up in the  Font  window below the  Source Editor  window   If you happen to skip highlighting one of these  you will be able to get to the Font Inspector and select new sizes  but will wonder why the changes you make are not being applied   In the  Font  window  click the small  almost hidden  and surely poorly design  T  icon  to the right of the font name and size  Voila   In only 14 keystrokes you are able to get the Font inspector window  Your existing font will be preselected in the font inspector   Whatever changes you make now will be applied to the text types you selected in the  Source Editor  window  e g  All Fonts   Menlo   Regular   14 Close the windows you opened on this hunt for the holy grail      Congratulations   Your may now read your code  Wasn t that painless

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When changing fonts in XCode from  Preferences   after duplicating a template that matches colours close to what you want   you can select multiple entries and change the fonts all at once   Use  shift  to select a range or  cmd  to select multiple individual entries  e g  you might select both  comments  and  strings  and change only their fonts    Steve

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for Xocde 12 0 beta 5  preferences  gt  Themes  gt  at the bottom you will see the font family

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Go to XCode   Preferences   Fonts  amp  Color Double click on a font entry to get the Font inspector window Select all font entries with sizes you d like to increase decrease In the Font inspector window select the same font  e g  All Fonts   Menlo   Regular   14    Watch out because there s no undo

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You can use this plugin to change the font size using     or   -  Control - and Control   in the latest versions of Xcode  The plugin developers changed the shortcut to avoid conflict with Interface Builder hotkeys     https   github com zats AdjustFontSize-Xcode-Plugin

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I used cmd  and it worked well to increase   Same for decreasing cmq-

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Easisest solution     Close any open projects  Xcode   Preferences   Font  amp  Colors Make sure to press CMD A to select all possible text types  Then change the font size from the picker

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Go to Xcode -  preference -  fonts and color  then pick the presentation one  The font will be enlarged automatically

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It is Aug 2011  Xcode 4 1 and it continues to be nightmare   Why not allow Cmd  and Cmd- like everywhere else   lt  end rant    As suggested by other respondents I suggest that you copy your preferred theme before you tweak the fonts for there is no ease way to undo   In my case  all I wanted to do was increase the font size   Mercifully you can select multiple items  Shift select or Cmd select  and set the font for all the ones selected in one fell swoop   Minor relief for a major irritation

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Apply following some steps   Go to xcode preferences- Then select font and colors- select all the text options- click on the font section and change fonts u want

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For Xcode 12   beta 3  For the code editing windows  use the new Editor - gt  Font Size - gt  Increase or Editor - gt  Font Size - gt  Decrease menu items   This globally increases or decreases the font sizes for all editing windows   There is also an Editor - gt  Font Size - gt  Reset option  These also respond to the    or  - keyboard shortcuts  By default  the file navigator on the left side corresponds to the System Preferences - gt  General - gt  Sidebar icon size You can also override the system size inside Xcode using the Xcode - gt  Preferences - gt  General - gt  Navigator Size

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You can use the following    Press xcode- preferences select fonts and colors select ANY font in the list and press cmd a  select all fonts  select font size for all editor fonts at the bottom of the window

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