Suggestion: Change the zoom with Ctrl+ Plus(+) and Minus(-) Key shortcuts

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#1

Hello. I think it would be a good idea to add a shortcut when you are Editing
Text to make bigger the zoom with Ctrl+ Plus(+) and smaller with Ctrl+
Minus(-) like the internet browsers.

In normal view there is a zoom in and zoom out shortcut with Plus(+) and
Minus(-) Keys, but not at the editing mode.
https://help.libreoffice.org/Impress/Shortcut_Keys_for_Impress

In fact, I think it would be better to use the Ctrl+ Plus(+) and Ctrl+
Minus(-) in the normal view too, because its a more standard way.

*This it's my first email and I am not sure this it's the best threat for
suggestions. Sorry if I have put it in the wrong place.

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Good post!  Thanks :slight_smile:

This is a good first place to ask about almost anything.  If we don't know or if we think other places might want to have their say then we can always "signpost you" but people on this list might also carry on discussing the issues here too.  I think a lot of us, especially new people here, don't quite realise all the different teams that work on different things in LibreOffice.  So signposting helps us let people know of other ways they might be able to get involved with LibreOffice.

I noticed that Ctrl and mouse-wheel does zoom in and out.  So presumably it might not be too tough to add the Ctrl and + or - to do the same thing.  I suspect that if you use Gnu&Linux you might be able to reconfigure your own keyboard or create keyboard-short-cuts as a temporary work-around but it would be much nicer to have the feature properly implemented in LibreOffice.

It is possible to post "feature requests" but the way we do that is by using the same system as we use for bug-reporting and that feels a bit strange sometimes.  It is the most efficient way even though it seems odd.  So the guide on posting bug-reports is somewhat useful but asks for things that you obviously don't need to give for a feature request.  Then one of the drop-downs has "feature request" as one of it's options. 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Thanks Tom. I have done it as you said. It's Bug 68929

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68929

#4

Can you not do this with the Ctrl and mouse scroll wheel forward/backward ?

On Mac, this works in Writer/Calc/Draw/Impress (unless of course, you
don't have a mouse, but you can use the touchscreen instead).

LO Version: 4.1.1.2
Build ID: 7e4286b58adc75a14f6d83f53a03b6c11fa2903

on OSX 10.8.4

Alex

#5

Forgot to mention that on Mac, we use the Cmd key instead of Ctrl.

Alex

#6

Hi :slight_smile:
That looks good to me :)  I'm not really familiar with posting bug-reports or feature requests but that look good imo.  It might be years before anyone looks at it or it might catch a devs attention tomorrow (QA will probably deal with it first).  There is never any way of knowing but with something like this it might be possible to add it to the "Easy Hacks" that new devs use to get a feeling for how to code for LibreOffice.

So, i would use the mouses scroll wheel and avoid thinking about this feature request.

I did once avidly follow a couple of bug-reports i had posted in Ubuntu but only 1 of them got worked on and that was about 6 months after i had posted it.  I was quite surprised anyone bother tbh as it was a minor point but i celebrated when my idea did get in.  One of the others was "not a bug" but just something that everyone had to work-around if they had a certain graphics card and it was really easy to do so.

So, don't wait anxiously for it and please don't judge us badly if it never gets attention.  I hope it does but there is no way to make it happen.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#7

Thanks for everything Tom. I know it's complicated to have something
implemented. Myself I have send some very little bugs in Archlinux for
example and they took lot of time. I don't know if this will arrive to
somewhere, but I'm happy traying to help a very little on this great program
at least :slight_smile:

#8

Alexander, I'll do it with the Ctrl and mouse scroll wheel for now. At the
internet browsers (e.g firefox, chrome,...) or in programs like evince
watching pdf for example, you can zoom in or out with both, Ctrl and mouse
scroll wheel or Ctrl and a +- key.

That is why I think it would be a good implementation. Personally I am used
to the Ctrl plus +- key rather than Ctrl and mouse scroll.

#9

This works, from what others have posted, but it doesn't help those of us using laptops with touchpads (i.e., no mouse or scroll wheel).

Dave

#10

... it doesn't help those of us using laptops with touchpads (i.e., no mouse or scroll wheel).

You can often obtain the same effect using a touchpad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_wheel says:

... touchpads are often made with the edges acting to scroll the page (rather than to move the pointer), partly making up for the lack of a scroll wheel. On laptops with multitouch capability, scrolling is usually achieved by touching and dragging two fingers on the touchpad at the same time. Many Linux distributions offer a third method of scrolling using the touchpad, where the user will first activate scroll-mode by pressing in a corner of the pad, and than dragging in a circle around the center of the pad, letting go of the touchpad will switch back to the default mouse-mode.

Brian Barker

#11

Hello Tom,

I noticed that Ctrl and mouse-wheel does zoom in and out.  So
presumably it might not be too tough to add the Ctrl and + or - to do
the same thing.

Ctrl+ & Ctrl- already have meaning in Spreadsheet, Ctrl- is also already
assigned in Writer. I've not checked other parts of LO, as I rarely use
them.

#12

It appears my original reply went direct to logos; copied here for the list...

logos wrote:

Hello. I think it would be a good idea to add a shortcut when you are Editing
Text to make bigger the zoom with Ctrl+ Plus(+) and smaller with Ctrl+
Minus(-) like the internet browsers.

In normal view there is a zoom in and zoom out shortcut with Plus(+) and
Minus(-) Keys, but not at the editing mode.
https://help.libreoffice.org/Impress/Shortcut_Keys_for_Impress

In fact, I think it would be better to use the Ctrl+ Plus(+) and Ctrl+
Minus(-) in the normal view too, because its a more standard way.

No need to wait for a software update - you should be able to customise your keyboard shortcuts to do almost anything:
- From the menu: Tools > Customise
- Open the "Keyboard" tab
- In the list of shortcut keys in the top half, select "Ctrl++" (it's already assigned to do something else on my setup, but you can change that)
- From the functions list, select:
   - Category: View
   - Function: Zoom In
- Click "Modify", and Ctrl++ should now be assigned to zoom in rather than whatever it did before

Do likewise for Ctrl+- and Zoom Out.

You can assign keyboard shortcuts to work across all LibreOffice applications by selecting the "LibreOffice" to the right of the shortcut keys list rather than the single application name. However, you may have to remove application-specific assignments (e.g. for me, by default, Ctrl++ is assigned to "Bring Forwards" in Impress, to "Calculate" in Writer and to "Insert Cells" in Calc - those shortcuts would override any LibreOffice global shortcut unless I removed them.

Mark.