IntelliJ IDEA 2026.x — Breakpoint Icon & Search (Ctrl+N) Font Size Reduced — Any Way to Revert?

There is a clear-cut breakpoint size reduction from 2024 to 2026. I think this is intentional. I have compared the settings—font, compact mode, and scaling size—and all of them are the same. Even after that, I can still see this difference.

Thanks for the follow-up screenshot!

The breakpoint size reduction is part of a deliberate icon rework. There is no supported setting today to enlarge the icon or restore the previous asset, and IDE-wide zoom scales everything, so it isn't a targeted mitigation. We filed a public feature request to address the issue: IJPL-252153. See Watching YouTrack issues for how to subscribe.

For the Search Everywhere / Ctrl+N popup, 2026.2 shipped a new Search Everywhere implementation and the visual differences you see are the new UI. There is a supported opt-out via a registry flag:

1. Open Find Action (Shift+Cmd+A on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+A on Windows/Linux), type Registry... and press Enter.

2. In the Registry dialog, clear the search.everywhere.new.enabled checkbox.

3. Restart the IDE.

Search Everywhere then falls back to the 2026.1.x implementation. There is no per-popup font-size setting; the popup follows the IDE UI scale.

Hi Uros Glogovac , 

Thanks for the reply and your suggestions. Regarding the breakpoint size, we do need a registry key to rollback it to the previous size. However, with the "Search Everywhere" feature, I don't see any difference after clearing the checkbox in the registry. I feel font still looks the same to me.

I didn't understand when you say "There is no per-popup font-size setting; the popup follows the IDE UI scale." What do you mean by "no per-popup font-size setting"? Could you please explain what difference we can see if we clear this checkbox?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Quick question: I initially assumed you were comparing 2026.1 and 2026.2, since there were only minor UI changes between those versions. I now realize that the screenshot appears to be from 2024.1, and there have been many UI improvements since then.

Could you confirm which two IDE versions you're comparing? I assume one of them is 2024.1, but I'd like to make sure. This way i can provide accurate workarounds if they exist.

And regarding the “no per-popup font-size setting”, i wanted to address your initial question:
“Is there a way to increase the font size specifically in the Ctrl+N search popup?”

Thank you!

Hi Uros Glogovac, 

The image I compared is from 2024.1.2, but the breakpoint icon size was the same even in 2025.3. I recently uninstalled 2025.3.2 due to security vulnerabilities raised in that version and moved to 2026.2. In 2026.2, I noticed the icon got smaller, and it is a bit too small in my opinion. It would be good if the IntelliJ team could provide a registry setting or configuration to rollback to the previous icon size.

Regarding the font size on Ctrl + N: I moved IntelliJ from a small display to a monitor, and somehow the UI didn't refresh properly. The font looked too small to me, so I adjusted it.

One question: Do I need to rollback the registry setting `search.everywhere.new.enabled` checkbox? I couldn't find any visual difference after enabling or disabling this setting. Could you explain what happens with this setting?

Thanks.