# Accessibility

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2026.3/llms.txt).

> **TL;DR**
> `File | Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Accessibility` for Windows and Linux
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> `IntelliJ IDEA | Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Accessibility` for macOS
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> `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) ![the Settings icon](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.3/app.expui.general.settings.svg)

Configure accessibility options: the IDE scale and colors, screen reader support, and sound signals for IDE events and editor line marks.

![Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Accessibility](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.3/ij-settings-accessibility.png)

## Vision

| Option | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Zoom |  Zoom in and out the entire IDE, increasing or decreasing the size of all UI elements at once.     You can also access this setting from the main menu: select `View \| Appearance \| Zoom IDE`.   |
| Use contrast scrollbars | Make [scrollbars](accessibility.html#scrollbars_contrast) more visible across the IDE, including the editor, tool windows, and dialogs. |
| Adjust colors for red-green vision deficiency | Adjust the editor color scheme to better perceive colors in case of protanopia and deuteranopia. |

## Screen reader mode

| Option | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support screen readers |     Enable screen reader support for IntelliJ IDEA. For more information, refer to [Set up a screen reader](accessibility.html#screen_reader).     |
| Announce notifications with screen reader |     This option is available when the Support screen readers checkbox is selected.       Make the screen reader read out IDE notifications when they appear.     |
| Announcement mode |     This option is available when the Announce notifications with screen reader checkbox is selected.       Select how the screen reader announces notifications:      On macOS:       * With medium priority to wait until the screen reader stops speaking.    * With high priority to interrupt the current output and announce the notification.     > **Note:** > On macOS, the screen reader does not always follow the announcement priority.                          On Windows and Linux:        * After the current output finishes to wait until the screen reader stops speaking.    * Interrupt the current output to announce the notification immediately.    |

## Sound signals

Configure sounds that IntelliJ IDEA plays for IDE events and for editor line marks, such as errors, warnings, VCS changes, and folded code.

Screen reader support enabled:

* All sound signals on the list are enabled by default.

* IDE plays sounds for the following notification groups: Test execution finished, Build finished, and Breakpoints, and also for progress running in the background. These groups get sound signals along with the ones where the Play sound option is already selected in `Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Notifications`.

Screen reader support disabled:

* All sound signals on the list are disabled by default. Select the ones that you need.

* IDE plays sounds only for the notification groups where the Play sound option is selected in `Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Notifications`.

> **Tip:**
> Notification sounds differ by severity level: error, warning, and information or success. They do not differ between notification groups. For example, notifications about a successful build and about passed tests play the same sound.

| Option | Description |
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| Events |     Play a sound when the debugger stops at a breakpoint, when a build finishes, and when tests finish running.        * Breakpoint hit    * Build finished    * Test results    |
| Status bar progress | Play a sound for the progress of background tasks displayed in the status bar. |
| Code highlighting |     Play a sound when the current line or the code under the caret contains an error or a warning.        * Error on current line    * Error under caret    * Warning on current line    * Warning under caret    |
| Diff view |     Play a sound when the current line in the diff viewer is added, changed, or has a conflict, or when lines are removed above it.        * Line added    * Line removed above    * Line changed    * Conflict    |
| Editor gutter |     Play a sound when the current line has a breakpoint or a VCS change marker in the gutter.        * Breakpoint on current line    * Line added    * Line removed above    * Line changed    |
| Editor code folding |     Play a sound when the current line or the code under the caret contains a folded code fragment.        * Folded code on current line    * Folded code under caret    |

### How it works

* [Accessibility](accessibility.html)

## See also

### Related

[Appearance](settings-appearance.html) [Notifications](settings-notifications.html)