Visual Studio Code change font size for file explorer tray?

Question

How do I change the font size for the file explorer in Visual Studio Code? There is not an option in the settings.json file.

Answer 1

I've found that setting the zoom level in settings.json works well for this:

"window.zoomLevel": 1

Answer 2

I have set

"window.zoomLevel": -1 and "editor.fontSize": 16.5

it works great here's a preview,

Answer 3

The decent way to do is to edit the "window.zoomLevel": 0, It changes everything on the screen from Project Explorer to your Font.

Also, You can customize only the font by "editor.fontSize": 15

P.S 15px is my personal choice.

Answer 4

Been looking for this answer for a while now. Finally found it on a different thread: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50783324.

Essentially you override the keyboard shortcuts for View:ZoomIn and View:ZoomOut with the ones for "Editor Font Zoom In" and "Editor Font Zoom Out". Note that you don't need remove the View-based shortcuts, just enter the Editor ones and they'll move to the top and override.

Works perfect.

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_24#_font-zoom-commands

Kudos to czen