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I pressed Ctrl + Capslock instead of Ctrl+Tab 4-5 times. Each time the font-size of the editor shrunk. I checked Settings -> Editor -> Font, but the problem was not from font-size, it's like a "zoom-out" thing. I tried sudo apt-get remove codeblocks and sudo apt-get install codeblocks but unfortunately it didn't reset the preferences. What can I do now?

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  • While you cannot upload images yet, you can post links to them. If you find you cannot, leave off the leading `http://`. Then we can check them and edit them into your question for you. – Eliah Kagan Dec 23 '12 at 12:28
  • Note to self: you cannot remove application preferences with `apt-get remove []`, you should do it with `apt-get purge []` – Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi Jul 03 '13 at 06:19
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    Even `apt-get purge` will only remove *systemwide* configuration files. If you need to remove user-specific preferences, you generally need to find and delete configuration files/directories in your home directory. (They usually start with a `.`, or reside in `.config`; to see them in Nautilus, press Ctrl+H or View > Show Hidden Files.) What does this have to do with the font size in Code::Blocks? – Eliah Kagan Jul 03 '13 at 16:33
  • @EliahKagan One way that i tried to get sizes back to normal(As i explained in the question) was trying to remove code blocks preferences by removing and reinstalling the whole application, i did it in the wrong way by using `remove` instead of `purge` – Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi Jul 04 '13 at 07:11
  • I'm glad `purge` worked. It's strange that it did work though. Most of the time when an interface setting like this is changed, it's changed for individual users only, and not systemwide. – Eliah Kagan Jul 04 '13 at 08:23
  • @EliahKagan actually it was only for my user not system wide, and the way i solved it was not through purge, but i learnt a thing or two about it ;) thanks – Mohammad Jafar Mashhadi Jul 04 '13 at 08:44

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It's just a zoom out shortcut. I was able to solve the problem by holding Ctrl and scrolling with the mouse wheel. Ctrl + Scroll Up to Zoom Out and Ctrl + Scroll Down to Zoom In.

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I know this is an old question, but the answers are incomplete.

To reset your editor font size to normal you can use:

Edit->Special commands->Zoom->Reset from the menu,

or you can bind a shortcut for that (you need to have the codeblocks-contribpackage installed):

Settings->Editor->Keyboard Shortcuts and set to what you want, mine is Ctrl+0 (zero) because that is a common shortcut for this.

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For Zoom in / out in Blocks IDE : use Ctrl + Roll Mouse Wheel

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