Squirrel SQL font size is too small

Question

The font size for SQL input is too small. How can I increase the font size for SQL input? In the "global options" it is possible to increase the font size. But this does not affect the text size for SQL input.

Answer 1

In SquirreL SQL Client version 3.7.1, you can increase the font size in the SQL input area.

The following is the procedure:

• Go to File -> New Session Properties

• Go to the SQL tab, and then below you can choose what is called the SQL Entry Area , where you can increase the font size as you needed. Click here to view a screenshot.

Answer 2

I assume that you are using Windows 8.1, like me. Some 8.1 combinations, high DPI monitors, and Swing don't seem to play well together. My fix was to edit the squirrel-sql.bat file and add the following java options right after the existing java option

-Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont=Tahoma-18 

For reference, the full line is as follows:

 start "SQuirreL SQL Client" /B "%LOCAL_JAVA%" -Xmx256m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont=Tahoma-18 -cp %SQUIRREL_CP% -splash:"%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME%/icons/splash.jpg" net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Main %TMP_PARMS% 

EDIT: The above will increase the size for everything except the SQL input field. To do this, go to File-> New Session Properties-> SQL-> SQL Entry Area

Answer 3

Additional java switches in addition to those given by James will help with other sections of the user interface, which displays a fine print.

 -Dswing.plaf.metal.titleFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.menuFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.smallFont=Tahoma-18 

start.bat entry:

 start "SQuirreL SQL Client" /B "%LOCAL_JAVA%" -Dsun.awt.nopixfmt=true -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.titleFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.menuFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont=Tahoma-18 -Dswing.plaf.metal.smallFont=Tahoma-18 -cp %SQUIRREL_CP% -splash:"%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME%/icons/splash.jpg" net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Main %TMP_PARMS% 

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Answer 4

Here's what I got (Windows 10 64-bit, SQuirrel 3.9.1, jrw1.8.0_211)

At the bottom of C:\Program Files\squirrel-sql-3.9.1\squirrel-sql.bat I changed the start command to C:\Program Files\squirrel-sql-3.9.1\squirrel-sql.bat :

 start "SQuirreL SQL Client" /B "%LOCAL_JAVA%"^ -Dsun.awt.nopixfmt=true -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont=Tahoma-18^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont=Tahoma-18^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.titleFont=Tahoma-18^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.menuFont=Tahoma-18^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont=Tahoma-18^ -Dswing.plaf.metal.smallFont=Tahoma-18^ -cp %CP%^ -splash:"%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME%/icons/splash.jpg"^ net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Main %TMP_PARMS% 

Note that ^ must be at the very end of the line (no spaces after it!)