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Is there a possibility to increase/decrease font size in all UI elements throughout the IntelliJ IDEA?

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It's possible to override font/size for the UI in Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance | Use custom font (Size):

override UI font

Editor font is configured in Settings | Editor | Font.

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    I can see the overriden font also in the project view and trees
    – mirelon
    Commented Apr 24, 2014 at 10:53
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    @mirelon, I think the answer is for an earlier version. The font change does the right thing in 14.
    – James Moore
    Commented Mar 21, 2015 at 4:26
  • It would be awesome if the answer were updated for the sake of the future readers (it changes the font everywhere, including the project vies/trees).
    – SlavaSt
    Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 2:53
  • @CrazyCoder updating fonts works for the entire UI now (2018.1). You should update your answer.
    – Hawkeye Parker
    Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 18:33
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    @TheGeeko61 jetbrains.com/help/idea/accessing-settings.html, jetbrains.com/help/idea/settings-appearance.html
    – CrazyCoder
    Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 18:50
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Follow these three steps to change all fonts in the IDE (including project tree and console):

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Perform a search based on fonts in the settings menu:

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  • Excellent, this changes the project tree and console as well.
    – dorien
    Commented Jul 31, 2015 at 12:00
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As of version 2020.3 the UI looks like this:

  1. Press Ctrl + Alt + S
  2. Settings: IntelliJ Settings
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I'm now using Intellij 2019.12.3, and the answer should be:

Preferences -> Appearance & Behaviors -> Appearance -> Use custom font

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  • This should be top answer. Thank you.
    – Velioc
    Commented Mar 17, 2021 at 20:23
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This seems to have an answer to a similar question: Is it possible to change the font size of the project panel?

You could also try changing your system font and see if Intellij picks that up. Might only work for the menus though and if you are using the system theme like GTK+ on Linux.

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For IntelliJ 2022.2 it´s pretty simple:

For the Editor Area

Setings->Editor->General

under font-size changing with Ctrl+Mouse Wheel you can set "All editors"

For the UI Area

Setings->Apperance & Behavior->Appearance

There you can direct change the Font and Size

Editor UI

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The simple one is:

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A.
  2. In the popup frame, type Increase font size or Decrease font size, and then click Enter.

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    This just changes the editor font. The question is about every other UI element in Intellij, since the default font size is absurdly tiny.
    – James Moore
    Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 6:46
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    This also changes only the editor font size from the current class, not from all opened classes
    – jan
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 9:11
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    This does not answer the OP question.
    – TheGeeko61
    Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 18:45

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