Is there any way of having a different font size just for the comments in Visual Studio 2010, without the use of any third party tools?
To change the default font face, size, and colors
Select Options from the Tools menu, and in the Environment folder, select Fonts and Colors.
The Fonts and Colors, Environment, Options Dialog Box opens.
In Show settings for, select Text Editor.
Modify the Font and Size options to change the font face and size for all text elements in all editors.
Select the appropriate item in Display items, and then modify the Item foreground and Item background options.
Click OK
The font size is global in VS2010.
You may want to look at this extension however:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/17c68951-7743-40bd-ad35-608706f54a92
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Recently in my installation of VS2022 the tooltip message font size went microscopic as shown in the clip below.
I've gone thru the font size options in the menus but haven't been able to find anything that will change the size.
Any ideas how to get that back to a readable size?
Go to Tools → Options → Environment → Fonts and Colors and change the drop down to "Editor Tooltip" and then change the "Size" drop down value (the default is 9, yours appears to be set to something like 6):
The cause was an extension that extended the intellisense functionality. The resolution was to remove the suspect extension, restart VS2022, then reinstall the extension.
The errant extension was either CodeRush or CodeMaid.
I want to edit the background and foreground color from this items, that show the current variable value:
I already searched at Options > Fonts and Colors > Text Editor all the available items but couldn't find it.
Can someone tell me which item is responsbile for that appearance?
I am using a custom theme from the VS marketplace + ReSharper.
This feature comes from ReSharper. So, please look for the ReSharper Debugger Datatips item in Options | Fonts and Colors | Text Editor and check the background color. Then restart Visual Studio.
Check if this is your requirement:
Current statement
The settings path is Tools / Options / Environment / Fonts and Colors /Enrivonment/ Font. I'm talking about the Environment that I emphasized in bold in the settings path.
Notice how it doesn't tell you what the default font is; it just says Automatic. And the font size is disabled until you pick a specific font.
If I want to change the font size, it makes me pick the font first. But I have no reason to change the font, just the font size. Soo, what's the default Environment font?
It's probably the same as in Visual Studio 2015, which also hides it.
It turned out to be Leelawadee UI for Windows 10 Professional.
For other OS versions, you can put the focus on the font dropdown, and up and down arrow, or press the first letter of the font, or press Home to go back to Automatic (the first dropdown option). Thereby, you can keep your eye on the Sample window to determine the default font. If you get on a font, then hit the Home key, and the Sample doesn't change (even a little bit), that's your default font. Please leave a comment if you find one!
How do I change the font size used in Solution Explorer? The default font size is too small for me.
Select from the menu Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors -> Environment Font.
Select a different font name and then change the font size.
Apply changes.
Restart environment.
As of now, in Visual Studio 2019/2022, the font size in Solution Explorer is specified in Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors, when Show settings for: is set to Environment and Display items: is set toPlain text.
But what's confusing is that the Size: setting is disabled by default in the UI as it's itself bound to the Windows system font (which is 9 pt Segoe UI in current versions of Windows).
If you change the font it Font (bold type indicates fixed-width fonts): from Automatic to something else though, e.g. the default Segoe UI, you will be now able to change the font size in Size:.
Another option is, with Windows 10, to change the font size for the whole Windows using Settings > Ease of Access > Display.
The font size is tied to the Windows 10 OS settings. If you're like me (blind), you can increase the operating system font size:
Windows Key
Settings
Type Make text size bigger
Drag the slider until the sample text is the right size for you
This will immediately update the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio.
In Visual Studio 2019 select Tools -> Options... -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors(Tools from menu bar)
Select any type of font and then change the font size from the given Drop-Down List (If font is set to Automatic option it won't allow to change Size. So, Change font as you wish then it will allow to change font size)
Click OK button, changes will apply immediately.
Please see below image, I am using Visual Studio 2012 and I cant see when a data flow is enabled or disabled.
In the below image only the first Data Flow is actually enabled!! Hard to see it hey!
Would like to know where exactly I can change the font in one of these components when I disable them in my flow.
Image location: http://i.stack.imgur.com/2gQ2n.png
To change these settings choose Tools from the Menu Bar then click Options
Once options opens up select "Fonts and Colors".
In the Drop Down for "Show Settings for:" select the option "Business Intelligence Designers"
Once selected you will be able to specify the Font, Size, Item Foreground Color...etc.
That should give you what you're needing.