Making NetBeans sexier

I've been using NetBeans for many years now, and I always find whatever release I use, I make the fonts and icons smaller (kindof how Eclipse is out of the box).
We had a short discussion internally about making this default and to my amazement I found  many people wanted BIGGER fonts :-o
Anyhoo... :-) here are my tweaks that I find make NetBeans even sexier to use:

1] Make the IDE's fonts smaller

Open up {NETBEANS_HOME}/etc/netbeans.conf

Add --fontsize 11 to  the netbeans_default_options within the quotes.

Here's how is looks on my Mac:

2] Make the editor's fonts smaller

Preferenences menu -> Fonts -> Monospaced 12 works well for me.

3] Use small toolbar icons

Right click the toolbar.

If I can help just one person... :-)

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Posted at 11:38AM Dec 10, 2007 by Matt Hosanee in Archive  |  Comments[3]