Sublime 3: How to change font size on Sidebar? - Ubuntu version

sublime-text-plugin, sublimetext, sublimetext2, sublimetext3, ubuntu-14.04

Solution

You will need to edit the `Default.sublime-theme` file to do this, not your preferences. Unfortunately, in Sublime Text 3 this file is contained in a zipped `.sublime-package` file, so you'll need to extract that first. Install the `PackageResourceViewer` plugin via Package Control, then hit CtrlShiftP (⌘ShiftP on OS X) and type `prv` to bring up the PackageResourceViewer options. Select `Open Resource`, scroll down to `Theme - Default`, hit Enter, scroll down to `Default.sublime-theme`, and hit Enter again to open it.

Next, search for `sidebar_label` and modify the first one (on line 362) to look like this (it needs to be valid JSON):

{
    "class": "sidebar_label",
    "color": [0, 0, 0],
    "font.bold": false,
    "font.italic": false, // <-- add comma
    "font.size": 14 // <-- new line
    // , "shadow_color": [250, 250, 250], "shadow_offset": [0, 0]
},

Save the file, and you should see the sidebar font size change. You can change `14` to whatever size you want, depending on your personal preferences.

If you want to do this in Sublime Text 2, it's a bit easier, as nothing is zipped up. Select `Preferences -> Browse Packages...` to open up your `Packages` folder in your operating system's file navigator. Enter the `Theme - Default` subdirectory and open `Default.sublime-theme` as a JSON file, then edit it as above.

Good luck!

Problem

I'm trying to to change the size of my sidebar in sublime text 3, version for Ubuntu, but i just can't get it working, i read lots of posts about it, they said that i should have something like this: ``` { "class": "sidebar_label", "color": [0, 0, 0], "font.bold": false, "font.size": 14 }, ``` on my settings - default, but nothing like it in there, for example i find there "bold_folder_labels": true and works like a charm in my settings - user, but i try to put here the "class": "sidebar_label" with "font.size" and not results at all, maybe I'm just doing it wrong, please a little help, the text is so small that i can hardly read it. Another thing i observed: - Changing theme doesn't affects the sidebar I don't remember if this is always true, but i think on my older laptop changing that change the colors of the sidebar and fonts, i remember use it before soda theme for getting smaller fonts on a low resolution laptop. Thanks in advance, regards

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