Feb 01

Zoom with 2 fingers

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On your MacBook, wherever you are in Leopard, you can zoom in/out your screen holding down Ctrl and using 2 fingers (one fixed on the touchpad and the other on moving around to zoom in and out).

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16 Responses to “Zoom with 2 fingers”

  1. apoz Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 6:04 am

    You can also slide with your 2 fingers at the same time.. I find it easier…

  2. Tim Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 7:58 am

    This has been around since Tiger, maybe earlier. It is a great feature that I use often. Thanks for sharing.

  3. Andrew Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 8:04 am

    This also works in Tiger and apoz is right, you can just slide two fingers (that is the intended and documented method) …

  4. insane-dreamer Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 8:28 am

    You can also use the scroll button on the mouse (with control key) for the same effect.

  5. Heitor Moraes Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 8:31 am

    Same with Tiger.

  6. Steve Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 10:56 am

    nice!

  7. The Other Steve Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 am

    The two-finger/ctrl doesn’t work for me. It only scrolls.

  8. nuvem Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 am

    I´m a mac novice and got your tricks as a dashboard widget.
    your tricks are great for a newcomer like myself
    thanks…keep them coming :)

  9. Glenn Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    @The Other Steve: The feature is enabled, and the modifier key set, in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Trackpad. See the checkbox for “Zoom while holding.” (I use cmd instead of ctrl.) But note it works only up/down, not left/right (at least for me).

    As a side note, Google Earth supports 2-finger zoom (both up/down and left/right) without a modifier key.

  10. The Other Steve Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Thanks Glenn! It works now!

  11. Mel Says:
    February 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 am

    If you are zoomed way in on something is there a way to quickly exit out?

  12. iynque Says:
    February 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 am

    You can set additional options in System Preferences > Universal Access > Zoom options…

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  14. Ed Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Great tip, Thanks!

  15. Jesse Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    That is very cool! I find it a lot easier to hold the control key and using two fingers swipe diagonally across the touch pad. Thanks!

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