Does GNOME 3 support desktop zoom?
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GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using GNOME 3.2.1
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GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using GNOME 3.2.1
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There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
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GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using GNOME 3.2.1
gnome gnome3 desktop
edited Mar 3 '12 at 9:05
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asked Mar 2 '12 at 16:10
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GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using GNOME 3.2.1
gnome gnome3 desktop
gnome gnome3 desktop
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There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
– PersianGulf
Oct 5 '14 at 12:43
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There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
– PersianGulf
Oct 5 '14 at 12:43
There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
– PersianGulf
Oct 5 '14 at 12:43
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
– PersianGulf
Oct 5 '14 at 12:43
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For those who don't mind using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse scrollwheel, here they are (tested with Gnome 3.14.2:
- Super+Alt+8 : Toggle zoom enabled/disabled (when enabled, the next two keyboard shortcuts become active)
- Super+Alt+'+' : Zoom in (increases zoom factor by 1.0)
- Super+Alt+'-' : Zoom out (decreases zoom factor by 1.0, until it is 1.0)
(Yes, decreasing zoom factor all the way down to 1.0 will look unzoomed, but zoom (and its keyboard shortcuts) remain active.)
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
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I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".
– Pablo Bianchi
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To answer my own question...
The Gnome3 has a zoom feature in the accessability menu. Thanks to @fheub. If you want to use shotcut key, you can edit the shotcut key in the keyboard system settings.
But my point is:
- the zoom feature in accessability menu is designed for people with vision problem. Has the Gnome developer ever relize everyone may want/need such a feature recardless of the condition of their eyes?
- By setting the shotcut key, it is literally means the the key on your keyboard, not including your mouse. But with Compiz, I can use the mod-key + mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. Much more convenient.
edited 17 mins ago
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Gnome Shell Mousewheel zoom is an extension to provide this functionality, it doesn't seem to be on extensions.gnome.org yet.
https://github.com/tobiasquinn/gnome-shell-mousewheel-zoom
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
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Any suggestions for 2018?
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3 Answers
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active
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For those who don't mind using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse scrollwheel, here they are (tested with Gnome 3.14.2:
- Super+Alt+8 : Toggle zoom enabled/disabled (when enabled, the next two keyboard shortcuts become active)
- Super+Alt+'+' : Zoom in (increases zoom factor by 1.0)
- Super+Alt+'-' : Zoom out (decreases zoom factor by 1.0, until it is 1.0)
(Yes, decreasing zoom factor all the way down to 1.0 will look unzoomed, but zoom (and its keyboard shortcuts) remain active.)
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".
– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
22
down vote
For those who don't mind using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse scrollwheel, here they are (tested with Gnome 3.14.2:
- Super+Alt+8 : Toggle zoom enabled/disabled (when enabled, the next two keyboard shortcuts become active)
- Super+Alt+'+' : Zoom in (increases zoom factor by 1.0)
- Super+Alt+'-' : Zoom out (decreases zoom factor by 1.0, until it is 1.0)
(Yes, decreasing zoom factor all the way down to 1.0 will look unzoomed, but zoom (and its keyboard shortcuts) remain active.)
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".
– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
22
down vote
up vote
22
down vote
For those who don't mind using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse scrollwheel, here they are (tested with Gnome 3.14.2:
- Super+Alt+8 : Toggle zoom enabled/disabled (when enabled, the next two keyboard shortcuts become active)
- Super+Alt+'+' : Zoom in (increases zoom factor by 1.0)
- Super+Alt+'-' : Zoom out (decreases zoom factor by 1.0, until it is 1.0)
(Yes, decreasing zoom factor all the way down to 1.0 will look unzoomed, but zoom (and its keyboard shortcuts) remain active.)
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
For those who don't mind using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse scrollwheel, here they are (tested with Gnome 3.14.2:
- Super+Alt+8 : Toggle zoom enabled/disabled (when enabled, the next two keyboard shortcuts become active)
- Super+Alt+'+' : Zoom in (increases zoom factor by 1.0)
- Super+Alt+'-' : Zoom out (decreases zoom factor by 1.0, until it is 1.0)
(Yes, decreasing zoom factor all the way down to 1.0 will look unzoomed, but zoom (and its keyboard shortcuts) remain active.)
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
answered Mar 27 '15 at 13:09
ack
52964
52964
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".
– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
add a comment |Â
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".
– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
I tried this on gnome-shell-3.26, it still works, yay! :-) however the magnification also follows the keyboard caret, but in a wrong way (the caret is supposed to be in a center but it ends up in lower right corner, basically hiding everything). I had to disable the caret following in the dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/magnifier/caret-tracking
– MariusM
Feb 15 at 8:16
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 just now. Works as described.
– Alfe
Jul 9 at 0:42
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (
localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
Not sure why or how to change it but with an Spanish (
localectl status:es) layout was "0" instead of "+".– Pablo Bianchi
23 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
To answer my own question...
The Gnome3 has a zoom feature in the accessability menu. Thanks to @fheub. If you want to use shotcut key, you can edit the shotcut key in the keyboard system settings.
But my point is:
- the zoom feature in accessability menu is designed for people with vision problem. Has the Gnome developer ever relize everyone may want/need such a feature recardless of the condition of their eyes?
- By setting the shotcut key, it is literally means the the key on your keyboard, not including your mouse. But with Compiz, I can use the mod-key + mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. Much more convenient.
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
2,00732233
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
To answer my own question...
The Gnome3 has a zoom feature in the accessability menu. Thanks to @fheub. If you want to use shotcut key, you can edit the shotcut key in the keyboard system settings.
But my point is:
- the zoom feature in accessability menu is designed for people with vision problem. Has the Gnome developer ever relize everyone may want/need such a feature recardless of the condition of their eyes?
- By setting the shotcut key, it is literally means the the key on your keyboard, not including your mouse. But with Compiz, I can use the mod-key + mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. Much more convenient.
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
2,00732233
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
To answer my own question...
The Gnome3 has a zoom feature in the accessability menu. Thanks to @fheub. If you want to use shotcut key, you can edit the shotcut key in the keyboard system settings.
But my point is:
- the zoom feature in accessability menu is designed for people with vision problem. Has the Gnome developer ever relize everyone may want/need such a feature recardless of the condition of their eyes?
- By setting the shotcut key, it is literally means the the key on your keyboard, not including your mouse. But with Compiz, I can use the mod-key + mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. Much more convenient.
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
2,00732233
To answer my own question...
The Gnome3 has a zoom feature in the accessability menu. Thanks to @fheub. If you want to use shotcut key, you can edit the shotcut key in the keyboard system settings.
But my point is:
- the zoom feature in accessability menu is designed for people with vision problem. Has the Gnome developer ever relize everyone may want/need such a feature recardless of the condition of their eyes?
- By setting the shotcut key, it is literally means the the key on your keyboard, not including your mouse. But with Compiz, I can use the mod-key + mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. Much more convenient.
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
2,00732233
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
edited 17 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
431211
431211
answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
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answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
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answered Mar 8 '12 at 4:13
davidshen84
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2,00732233
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add a comment |Â
up vote
3
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Gnome Shell Mousewheel zoom is an extension to provide this functionality, it doesn't seem to be on extensions.gnome.org yet.
https://github.com/tobiasquinn/gnome-shell-mousewheel-zoom
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
1313
1
Any suggestions for 2018?
– Lonniebiz
May 15 at 8:32
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
Gnome Shell Mousewheel zoom is an extension to provide this functionality, it doesn't seem to be on extensions.gnome.org yet.
https://github.com/tobiasquinn/gnome-shell-mousewheel-zoom
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
1313
1
Any suggestions for 2018?
– Lonniebiz
May 15 at 8:32
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Gnome Shell Mousewheel zoom is an extension to provide this functionality, it doesn't seem to be on extensions.gnome.org yet.
https://github.com/tobiasquinn/gnome-shell-mousewheel-zoom
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
1313
Gnome Shell Mousewheel zoom is an extension to provide this functionality, it doesn't seem to be on extensions.gnome.org yet.
https://github.com/tobiasquinn/gnome-shell-mousewheel-zoom
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
1313
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
1313
answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
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answered Nov 29 '12 at 16:17
Stuart Axon
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1
Any suggestions for 2018?
– Lonniebiz
May 15 at 8:32
add a comment |Â
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Any suggestions for 2018?
– Lonniebiz
May 15 at 8:32
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Any suggestions for 2018?
– Lonniebiz
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There is the zoom option in GNOME3's accessability menu (tray icon near the right end of the system tray / top panel).
– fheub
Mar 5 '12 at 10:30
@fheub I can switch the setting “Zoom†in the control panel to on or off, but how to access the zoom function? It says: “Zoom in: No shortcut set†and “Zoom out: No shortcut setâ€Â. How to assign these shortcuts?
– Marco
Mar 5 '12 at 11:11
github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-focus-effects-extension
– PersianGulf
Oct 5 '14 at 12:43