How to change/reset zoom in CodeBlocks?

Question

I pressed Ctrl + Capslock instead of Ctrl+Tab 4-5 times. Each time the font-size of the editor shrunk. I checked Settings -> Editor -> Font, but the problem was not from font-size, it's like a "zoom-out" thing. I tried sudo apt-get remove codeblocks and sudo apt-get install codeblocks but unfortunately it didn't reset the preferences. What can I do now?

While you cannot upload images yet, you can post links to them. If you find you cannot, leave off the leading http://. Then we can check them and edit them into your question for you. — Eliah Kagan, Dec 23 '12 at 12:28
Note to self: you cannot remove application preferences with apt-get remove [], you should do it with apt-get purge [] — Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi, Jul 03 '13 at 06:19
Even apt-get purge will only remove systemwide configuration files. If you need to remove user-specific preferences, you generally need to find and delete configuration files/directories in your home directory. (They usually start with a ., or reside in .config; to see them in Nautilus, press Ctrl+H or View > Show Hidden Files.) What does this have to do with the font size in Code::Blocks? — Eliah Kagan, Jul 03 '13 at 16:33
@EliahKagan One way that i tried to get sizes back to normal(As i explained in the question) was trying to remove code blocks preferences by removing and reinstalling the whole application, i did it in the wrong way by using remove instead of purge — Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi, Jul 04 '13 at 07:11
I'm glad purge worked. It's strange that it did work though. Most of the time when an interface setting like this is changed, it's changed for individual users only, and not systemwide. — Eliah Kagan, Jul 04 '13 at 08:23
@EliahKagan actually it was only for my user not system wide, and the way i solved it was not through purge, but i learnt a thing or two about it ;) thanks — Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi, Jul 04 '13 at 08:44

Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23T11:30:44.090

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It's just a zoom out shortcut. I was able to solve the problem by holding Ctrl and scrolling with the mouse wheel. Ctrl + Scroll Up to Zoom Out and Ctrl + Scroll Down to Zoom In.

edited Nov 23 '13 at 11:30

answered Dec 22 '12 at 21:16

Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi

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for reference, scroll up and scroll down mean mouse scroll. – Yrogirg Mar 18 '19 at 03:12

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 14:25

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I know this is an old question, but the answers are incomplete.

To reset your editor font size to normal you can use:

Edit->Special commands->Zoom->Reset from the menu,

or you can bind a shortcut for that (you need to have the codeblocks-contribpackage installed):

Settings->Editor->Keyboard Shortcuts and set to what you want, mine is Ctrl+0 (zero) because that is a common shortcut for this.

answered Jun 07 '16 at 14:25

smrdo_prdo

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This was quite helpful, for using a laptop where there is no scroll wheel. – rsethc Jun 16 '19 at 05:51

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 29 '15 at 12:21

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For Zoom in / out in Blocks IDE : use Ctrl + Roll Mouse Wheel

answered Nov 29 '15 at 12:21

alvee

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How to change/reset zoom in CodeBlocks?

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