Shortcut to change the gnome-terminal font size

Question

I need fast shortcut to change the terminal font size. I use gnome-terminal.

I tried with Ctrl + + and Ctrl + - but the size is not changed.

Is there another shortcut? Can I add a shortcut like this?

Solution 1

Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- are working fine for me. Maybe you have different shortcuts configured.

To change the keyboard shortcuts, go to Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts... in the gnome-terminal menu, and look for Zoom In and Zoom Out:

Solution 2

Try Shift Ctrl +for increasing

and Ctrl - for decreasing font size.

Note: the Shift key is needed on some systems.

Solution 3

Trick that worked for me was to use Ctrl + Shift + = or Ctrl + - but NOT on numeric keyboard.

Solution 4

Remember that terminal is VERY literal! The + key Ubuntu terminal wants is on top row and requires Shift otherwise it's =.

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Comments

[Gayan Weerakutti]

Tip: + = shift + =

[Volker Siegel]

Could you add details how this is different from what the OP tried?

[Forever Learner]

+1 to Felix Francis...Thanks this solution worked for me.

[Forever Learner]

@ Volker Siegel - The difference is of using the "Shift" key

[Volker Siegel]

That may be the problem - but it depends a lot on the locale or language settings.

[deathangel908]

note that "+" is 2nd level key. "=" is 1lvl

[Alexander Mills]

LOL, ctrl - is working for me but ctrl + is not, fml

[Alexander Mills]

ctrl+shift++ is working for me :)

[Malte Skoruppa]

@AlexanderMills Note that on US keyboards, the + is on the = key, so you actually have to hit shift and = to get a +. This is probably why you have to use ctrl+shift++ (or actually, it is ctrl+shift+=). If you don't like this, just configure some other keyboard shortcut as described above. For instance if you configure ctrl+= to zoom in, you will be able to hit the keys you expected in the first place to zoom in (without shift).

[Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com]

It was so fun to see HUGE and TINY letters on the terminal!!

[cbloss793]

Both of these work on Ubuntu. Thank you!

[Hugo Trentesaux]

Thanks for this precision which still helps in 2021 :)