How to configure the editor's line height in NetBeans 6.9.1?

Question

Is there a way to change the editor's line height in Netbeans without resorting to redundant newlines?

Answer 1

The file org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings-CustomPreferences.xml can be found in {install_dir}\ide\config\Modules. If it’s not there, change any editor settings in NetBeans IDE, and it’ll create it.

Open this file in your favourite text editor, and add the following code right before the last line (right before the </editor-preferences> tag):

<entry javaType="java.lang.Float" name="line-height-correction" xml:space="preserve">
    <value><![CDATA[0.7]]></value>
</entry>

Then restart NetBeans.

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Answer 2

Expanding on gulbandr's answer:

For Netbeans 6.8 and above on Windows, change some arbitrary setting under "Tools/Options/Editor" to trigger the creation of a configuration file. It gets created at

%USERPROFILE%\.netbeans\6.8\config\Editors\Preferences\org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings-CustomPreferences.xml

Then add the following lines into the <editor-preferences> element:

<entry javaType="java.lang.Float" name="line-height-correction" xml:space="preserve">
    <value><![CDATA[1.5]]></value>
</entry>

Answer 3

Within the Fonts & Colors tab, try adjusting the Whitespace field to 20~25px.

Answer 4

For netbeans 7.2.x on Windows 7, the location is slightly different (but can be found without too much digging).

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\7.2.1\config\Editors\Preferences\org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings-CustomPreferences.xml

And then, as others have mentioned, above, add the following at the end (but before the </editor-preferences> closing tag:

<entry javaType="java.lang.Float" name="line-height-correction" xml:space="preserve">
    <value><![CDATA[1.5]]></value>
</entry>

Note that here, the actual line-spacing value is 1.5 which means 1.5 x the default line-spacing, i.e.: 150%.