Sublime Text 4 Half step font size adjustment Plugin

As outlined here, Sublime Text's font-size setting uses points instead of pixels. As a result, in many cases, especially with non-standard fonts (but this is also true for default fonts like Consolas), you might need to use decimal values like 9.5 instead of rounded point amounts.

This plugin doesn't convert points to pixels, but it allows you to adjust the font size with the default keybindings by half a point for finer real-time control over your editing environment. It replaces the default Sublime Text keyboard and mouse bindings (i.e., Ctrl + "+" and Ctrl + "-" as well as Mouse Scroll Wheel) to change the font size by 0.5 of a point instead of the default 1 point.

When you change the font size with hotkeys/mouse wheel, the status bar displays the new font size value.

Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the ZIP file.
2. Place the extracted folder in your Sublime Text "Packages" directory. You can find the "Packages" directory by going to Preferences > Browse Packages within Sublime Text.

Usage

• Increase Font Size: Use the shortcut Ctrl + + or the mouse wheel to increase the font size by half a point.
• Decrease Font Size: Use the shortcut Ctrl + - or the mouse wheel to decrease the font size by half a point.

Keybindings and Mouse Bindings

• Control font size with your mouse wheel:

  • Scroll Up while holding Ctrl: Increase font size
  • Scroll Down while holding Ctrl: Decrease font size

• Keyboard shortcuts for adjusting font size:

  • Ctrl + + or Ctrl + =: Increase font size
  • Ctrl + -: Decrease font size
  • Ctrl + 0: Reset font size to the value specified as default_font_size = 11.5 inside the half_step_font_size_adjustment.py

Note: If you prefer not to override the default Sublime Text behavior, you can assign different keybindings of your choice.

Features

• Adjust font size by 0.5 points.
• Replaces default Sublime Text keyboard and mouse bindings to use 0.5-point adjustment instead of 1-point.
• Real-time feedback: The status bar instantly displays the new font size after it is changed.
• Works across all views in Sublime Text.
• Easily customizable to suit your preferences.

License

Use this as you want for any purposes (even commercial). But don't try to sell it as a standalone product. 😹

Contact

If you have any questions, suggestions, or issues, please feel free to create an issue in the repository or reach out to me at alex.chexes@gmail.com.