Inline Markdown preview ignores markdown.preview.fontSize; no way to enlarge preview text only

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Inline Markdown preview ignores markdown.preview.fontSize; no way to enlarge preview text only.

Cursor has two Markdown preview modes. Only the side preview respects markdown.preview.fontSize. The inline Preview | Markdown tab does not, and there is no setting to make that text larger without zooming the whole IDE. Now the font size is tooooooooooo tiny.

Steps to Reproduce

Set “markdown.preview.fontSize”: 24 in user settings.json.
Open any .md file.
Click Preview in the editor tab (inline preview).
Compare with Open Preview to the Side (Ctrl+K V).

Expected Behavior

Inline preview text scales with markdown.preview.fontSize, or there is a dedicated setting such as cursor.markdownPreview.inline.fontSize.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.3.30 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3dc559280adc5f931ade8e25c7b85393842acf30
Date: 2026-05-09T18:28:42.332Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the detailed report. Your diagnosis is correct, and this isn’t exactly a bug, it’s a current limitation.

Cursor has two different Markdown preview renderers:

  • Side preview Ctrl+K V uses the standard VS Code Markdown webview, and it reads markdown.preview.fontSize.
  • Inline Preview | Markdown tab is a separate WYSIWYG renderer with a fixed font size, and it doesn’t pick up that setting yet.

So your setting only works in side preview. For now, your options are:

  • Use side preview Ctrl+K V, it scales with markdown.preview.fontSize.
  • Use Ctrl + + or Ctrl + - to zoom the whole editor, including inline preview, but this is global zoom, not preview-only.

A separate setting for inline preview is a feature request here: Expose customization settings for inline Markdown Preview
It’s worth adding a vote or a comment there so the team can see it’s a priority. There’s no ETA yet.