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sctrb

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Registered: 2017-09-24

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Modifying shortcut to activate zoom

The default key combination for full screen zoom is alt + mouse wheel. How might I change the sequence to use the arrow keys on the keyboard instead? Is that possible?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Modifying shortcut to activate zoom

Hello and welcome.

Install xdotool and create an Alt+Up shortcut for "xdotool click 4" and an Alt+Down shortcut for "xdotool click 5".

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sctrb

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Registered: 2017-09-24

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Re: Modifying shortcut to activate zoom

Nice! Worked perfectly, thank you sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

kwizzz

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Registered: 2024-11-10

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Re: Modifying shortcut to activate zoom

This is amazing!  Came across this after some searches, especially since Alt-Touchpad-Scroll is not reliable, especially with MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1, as firefox will jump forward/backward in history.

By assigning this to my keyboard, zooming now works like a charm.

Wanted to add one important note: this only works with Alt as modifier.  Alt will still be in effect while xdotool click is sending the wheel scroll events.
I learned this the hard way, as I wanted to have zoom on Win-<plus> and Win-<minus>.