How to change documentation font size?

There does not appear to be any way to change/scale the font size (content scale) in Xcode’s built-in documentation viewer.


I tried various possibilities:

  • command-+
  • command--
  • Edit -> Format -> Font -> Bigger
  • Edit -> Format -> Show Fonts
  • The context menu brings up nothing useful when used on the content of the documentation window (although, interestingly, when I select “Developer Documentation Help” from the context menu, the help window does support the command-+/- commands to scale the content).
  • I found nothing relevant under the View or Editor menus, either.


So, does anyone have a trick for this?


So far, I’ve come up with opening the documentation in a web browser (which is missing: dark mode, direct open from the IDE, and the navigation sidebar), or using the Accessibility “Zoom” functionality (which is a hassle because of needing to switch back-and-forth when going between the editor and documentation, which happens quite frequently at times). Finally, there’s opening the documentation on an external monitor that is set to a scaled resolution (something I can’t do most of the time these days as I’m mostly just on my MacBook).


Dear Apple: Please fix this.


P.S.: Please also let us set the quick documentation popup font size/scale.

P.P.S.: Please also let us set the rest of the UI font sizes (Inspectors and Navigator side bars, toolbar/window-header, etc.)


Apple touts its dynamic-type handling for accessibility (which is quite good and useful), but doesn’t actually implement it in Xcode itself?

The only way I know is to reduce the screen resolution. Which is what you are doing presently.


Feel free to file a bug report for enhancement reuest. That's the best way to get it to Apple.

You got it - zoom and/or screen res.


Or...remember thatXcode Help is on the weband you can always view it there, via Safari, where you can increase font/content size at near will. Use Safari's View>Zoom in/Out menu.


If you bug it, tho, be sure to add your FB # to your thread for reference, thanks and good luck.

Have you looked at Dash instead? I find Dash invaluable for those times when Xcode's documentation viewer refuses to respond to keystrokes.

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