1) Change Serial Monitor Font Size? 2) Move Serial Monitor

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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Two questions.

1 - How to change the font size in Arduino IDE 2.1.1?
In File > Preferences I can change the Editor's Font Size but it doesn't change the Serial Monitor Text Size.

2 - How to drag the Serial Monitor to be Vertical on Screen Right?
I've tried almost everything I can think of to move the Serial Monitor window but no joy.

Thanks for any help.

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Workaround: use a separate terminal app ...

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  1. See Changing font in Serial Monitor view · Issue #1495 · arduino/arduino-ide · GitHub
  2. You can't move it. See Tear off serial monitor window (and maybe others) · Issue #289 · arduino/arduino-ide · GitHub
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Hi @fran_3

It can't be dragged, but the the ability to chose the location of Serial Monitor via the IDE's advanced settings was recently added.

That change was made after the time of the latest 2.1.1 release of Arduino IDE, so it is currently only available when using the nightly build of Arduino IDE. If you would like to give it a try, the nightly build download links are listed here:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#nightly-builds

I'll provide instructions for configuring the IDE for placement of Serial Monitor in the right side panel:

  1. Press the Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut (Command+Shift+P for macOS users) to open the "Command Palette".
    A menu will appear on the editor toolbar:
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  2. Select the "Preferences: Open Settings (UI)" command from the menu.
    ⓘ You can scroll down through the list of commands to find it or type the name in the field.
    A "Preferences" tab will open in the Arduino IDE main panel.
  3. Type arduino.monitor.dockPanel in the "Search Settings" field of the "Preferences" tab.
  4. Select "right" from the menu under the "Arduino › Monitor: Dock Panel" setting.
  5. Close the Preferences tab by clicking its X icon.
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Is CoolTerm a good separate app to use or is there something more commonly used or better?
Thanks for the help.

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1 - Will downloading the nightly build overwrite 2.11? Or can you have both on the same machine?
2 - Can you run two instances of the Arduino IDE at the same time?
Thanks for the help.

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No.

Yes, no problem. The two installations won't interfere with each other. I have over 300 different versions of Arduino IDE installed on my computer right now.

You cannot run two instances of Arduino IDE 2.x at the same time.

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I think you can run IDE 1.x.x and IDE 2.x.x at the same time.
I did it once with partial success.
DON'T program the same board with both IDEs at the same time.

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Not used that one.

I mostly use TeraTerm - I like it for its timestamped logging.

https://ttssh2.osdn.jp/index.html.en

RealTerm is good for dealing with non-text comms

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