Fontsize option for the console

[jules-vanaret]

Hi! First, I don't know if this issue (actually more of a feature request) belongs to this repo or the main Napari repo, so please redirect me if this is not the right place.

After a fresh install of Napari with the latest version, I found that the default font size of the text in the console is much smaller. I have rather bad eyesight, so that impacts me quite a bit... 😅

Is there any way to change the font size ? The font size parameter in the "Preferences" panel only affects Viewer fonts, not the console. If no way currently exists, is it possible to add this feature ?

[Czaki]

Currently, only bad hack:

font = viewer.window._qt_viewer.console._control.font()
font.setPointSize(20)
viewer.window._qt_viewer.console._control.setFont(font)

Yes, it is possible to add such feature. It will require fix qss in napari napari/_qt/qt_resures/styles/_02_custom.qss with add font: {{ font_size }}; to QtConsole > QTextEdit entry and then fix console to use font size when applying style sheet.

[jules-vanaret]

Huge thank you @Czaki ! Though only a hack, this is a life saver for me before the option is implemented. Cheers

[brisvag]

Would be nice to attach this to the theme! napari themes already have a syntax_style that affects the console and a font_size that affects the rest of the gui, so all the machinery should be easy to add to either use font_size for the console too, or provide a second value just for the console.

[Czaki]

There is two things. Adding depending on theme for this it is a single line in qss. The bigger play is to also depends on settings state, as we allow to overwritte theme font size for application without mutation theme object itself.

[brisvag]

Yes, same discussion as https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/6689#issuecomment-1991935370 basically.

[Czaki]

Similar. Font resizing is already implemented.

[dalthviz]

Hi there, just in case, I think that a workaround for the moment is to use the console Zoom In (Ctrl++ console shortcut). Also, to do Zoom Out I think the shortcut is Ctrl + - and to reset the Zoom you can use Ctrl + 0. So, using those shortcuts, you should be able to experience something like:

[jules-vanaret]

Hi there, just in case, I think that a workaround for the moment is to use the console Zoom In (Ctrl++ console shortcut). Also, to do Zoom Out I think the shortcut is Ctrl + - and to reset the Zoom you can use Ctrl + 0. So, using those shortcuts, you should be able to experience something like:

Nice! Before writing the issue I thought this didn't work because I was trying ctrl ++, turns out it is ctrl shift + on my computer. Thank you very much.