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

Question

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

Answer 1

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.

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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!