The Mystery of the Shrinking Font - A Hidden Zoom Function - How to Reverse?
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Fly McGee
Jul 6, 2021, 4:34:33 AM7/6/21
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I pushed something and my font started zooming down. I've no idea what happened, but now I can't really type without squinting, so that means no typing. Please help.
Fly McGee
Jul 6, 2021, 4:36:07 AM7/6/21
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Edit: Here is the full size image link for the image in the original post.
Fly McGee
Jul 6, 2021, 5:18:50 AM7/6/21
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A solution and the process by which the solution was found. Solving my own question.
TLDR: For those with a touchpad (laptop) and no mouse to increase or decrease font size on a Windows laptop. You may discover that the usual "Ctl and +" also "Ctl and -" shortcut keys do not work. Instead, you need to perform finger acrobatics.
Solution: Press Ctl and hold while simulating the mouse wheel scroll.
A mouse wheel scroll is simulated by using two fingers and dragging them from top to bottom or from bottom to top on the touchpad on a Windows laptop.
Zoom Out - Make Font Smaller: Ctl with two-finger bottom to top
Zoom In - Make Font Bigger: Ctl with two-finger top to bottom
Request for Developer: Please add in the standard "Ctl and +" also "Ctl and -" as shortcuts. This is quite a lot of legwork to discover a font zoom. And using gestures on a touchpad is quite clumsy.
TLDR: For those with a touchpad (laptop) and no mouse to increase or decrease font size on a Windows laptop. You may discover that the usual "Ctl and +" also "Ctl and -" shortcut keys do not work. Instead, you need to perform finger acrobatics.
Solution: Press Ctl and hold while simulating the mouse wheel scroll.
A mouse wheel scroll is simulated by using two fingers and dragging them from top to bottom or from bottom to top on the touchpad on a Windows laptop.
Zoom Out - Make Font Smaller: Ctl with two-finger bottom to top
Zoom In - Make Font Bigger: Ctl with two-finger top to bottom
Request for Developer: Please add in the standard "Ctl and +" also "Ctl and -" as shortcuts. This is quite a lot of legwork to discover a font zoom. And using gestures on a touchpad is quite clumsy.
Clues collected notes:
- Can I change the font size for the repository edit pane? shows that zoom changes are possible
- Write Monkey Help shows to press Ctl + F1 for shortcut menu
- Shortcut menu shows I could change the font size.. if I only had a "MWheel" (Mouse Wheel). I don't
- Google shows me that in Linux I can use finger gestures to simulate a mouse wheel scroll. I am not in Linux, and I hate the awkwardness of gestures (I use shortcut buttons for everything). However, this does also work in Windows.
- I hope that I never accidentally change the zoom function again by being sloppy in bed with my laptop. I especially hope I do not accidentally change this function when I disappear into the mountains to write in a place where there is no internet access to remember how to do this. :)
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