Change Sublime sidebar font size on macOS

Question

I would like to increase the font size of the left side bar in Sublime Text 3. I can't seem to find a good way to do this. I am using the default theme, and am on Mac.

Does anyone have a suggestion? I don't want to install a custom theme, but would just like to increase the font size of the side bar.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You will need to edit the .sublime-theme file to do this. 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 ⌘ShiftP 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.

Answer 2

Thanks for this, just to add that, with sublime text 3 at least, i needed to modify the theme I use. e.g. Flatland Dark.sublime-theme