New builds of textmate come with the ability to change the font size! See @Allan’s comment below for details.
Download the intel based test build by option clicking the check now button in TextMate’s system preferences software update tab.
$ defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakProjectDrawerFontSize -int 15
If you are like me and hate how small the font’s are in Textmates drawer, don’t get mad get modificlisious. You must have Xcode installed. Don’t worry about messing around with Interface builder files for apps because when you save the nibs they save a backup. Here’s how to modify the font size in Textmates drawer:
- Browse to the application and right click or ctrl click => show package content
- Go Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ => open Project.nib
- In the project window double click on the FileHierarchy icon
- Now the FileHierarchy window should open so click on the drawer in the FileHierarchy window
- Press Apple T or go Format => show fonts from the menu set
- Now just select the font you want to use and the size
- You should see the fonts change
- Save and relaunch Textmate!
Thanks for this tip. It is nice to be able to change the font type and size. It was bugging me!
It is surprising that TextMate does not provide an easier way to do this.
i have been looking forever to do this and glad i found your post. however, my fonts get clipped at bottom when i increase the size. is there something i am missing in the Interface Builder to increase the vertical dimension of the control/text? thanks!
@john I’m not sure how to fix that issue. I don’t remember having that problem. I’ve since upgraded textmate, which now uses compiled nib files that are not editable.
Revision 1624 now has a defaults for the drawer font size. At the time of writing, this is only available as an (intel) test build: Go to Preferences ? Software Update and hold down option (?) when clicking Check Now.
@Allan thanks for the update!