As observe in this late web log , OS X 10.4.8 provides a useful new restraint - curlicue zoom feature . I find myself using this quite a bit , whether it ’s to record a fashion - too - midget font on some Web site , or to ensure I select just the good area of the screen for a screenshot . I particularly like the fine ascendence over the zoom levels ; move the roll wheel a bit , and you get a petite incremental rapid growth . This makes it easy to get just the right zoom degree .
What I do n’t relish , however , is the recollective travel back to the 100 percent view when I ’m done with zoom mode . You either have to control - scroll backward , a measure at a time , or hold down Command - Option - minus , assuming you have Zoom enabled in the Universal Access System Preferences control panel . Even when using the keyboard cutoff , you have to hold the key down until the zoom level reaches 100 percentage again . I find this annoying — when I ’m done zooming , I roll in the hay I ’m done zooming and I just want to get back to the normal view as quick as potential .
So here ’s the trick — visit the Universal Access System Preferences panel , and click the Options button in the Zoom part ( make indisputable Zoom is set to On before you click choice ) . Now move the Pseudemys scripta for the Maximum Zoom setting to anything other than its current leftmost position . take down that the time value you pick will not impress the amount of control condition - coil zoom you’re able to habituate ; change made here only touch zooming via the Universal Access keyboard shortcuts . ( If you also use the keyboard - found zoom lineament and do n’t want to lose any rapid growth capableness , move the slider all the way to the right field . ) Here I ’ve set the yellow-bellied terrapin to just over 10x :
Click Done and you ’re , well , done . Now zoom in as normal , and when you ’re done , press Command - Option - minus just once . The screen door will automatically zoom back down to 100 - pct closure without any further key presses . Unfortunately , you ’ll have to seat through the animated zoom - out , but it ’s still secure than having to repeatedly press a keyboard shortcut or scroll the mouse wheel .
If you find the zoom out shortcut cumbersome , you could change that quite easy , too . launch the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel , pick out the Keyboard Shortcuts tab key , and scroll down to the Zoom section . get through the triangle next to Zoom to expand that arena , then click the entrance in the Shortcut column for Zoom out . Set it to whatever you like , but check that you foot something not likely to be in function by other software , as this is a global shortcut . Feel free to alter the Zoom in shortcut while you ’re here .
If you practice this trick , you ’ll have one other vantage : two distinct zoom modes . The first , of course of action , is the ascendancy - curlicue zoom for finely - grained control . But now , you could also quickly zoom in on the cursor ’s locating to the maximal time value you specify in the slider by pressing Command - Option - equal , which will rise from 100 pct to your chosen zoom level . Command - Option - minus will then swimmingly return the zoom storey to 100 percent .