Shortcut for changing font size

Question

Does anybody know if there is a shortcut or something similar for changing the font size in the text editor in Visual Studio 2008?

What I mean is something like Ctrl + mouse wheel like in Firefox.

Accessing the Options window and then selecting Environment > Fonts and Colors is fine if you don't have to change the font size all the time, but in my case, I would like to be able to change it depending on what I am doing (writing and reading code or just reading it).

I guess I could create two almost identical settings files and import them whenever I want, but that is even slower.

Answer 1

In the Macros explorer under samples/accessibility there is an IncreaseTextEditorFontSize and a DecreaseTextEditorFontSize. Bind those to some keyboard shortcuts.

Answer 2

You'll probably find these shortcuts useful:

Ctrl+Shift+. to zoom in.

Ctrl+Shift+, to zoom out.

Those characters are period and comma, respectively.

Answer 3

Ctrl + MouseWheel on active editor.

Answer 4

Ctrl + MouseWheel works on almost anything...not just visual studio

Answer 5

Use : Tools in Menu -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors

Answer 6

Be sure to check out the VS 2010 Beta that was just released. The new editor should have this.

Answer 7

Ctrl + Alt + MouseWheel will work in Visual Studio 2015.

Answer 8

You can chnage font size by ctrl + mousewheel.

OR

tools --> options --> environment --> font and color.

Detail with screenshot is mentonied here

Answer 9

This worked for me:

Ctrl + - to minimize

Ctrl + + to maximize