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advice1010

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Registered: 2023-02-19

Posts: 173

Terminal - Back to increasing window size when zoom in

I finally was able to get someone on Gitlab site not only to agree but also make an update,
but now it seems like maybe that update has been removed?

In the past, by default XFCE Terminal would increase window size when you apply a "Zoom In" action.
I thought this was strange behavior and asked if it could be fixed, meaning have the window remain the same size and only perform the zoom within the window instead.
-At first it was agreed with and the update was made.
-Then there were some users who preferred the old way of increasing window size.
-So then it was decided to offer both methods as Setting

-For some reason I cannot get this to work anymore?
My Terminal window size increases when I use keyboard shortcuts or CTRL+SHIFT+MSW to perform "zoom in" action
Using XFCE Terminal 1.1.5
Does anyone know if this has been regressed? or maybe something happened to my Settings and something was reset?

Thank you for any help offered

lvsl

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Registered: 2024-08-22

Posts: 29

Re: Terminal - Back to increasing window size when zoom in

Ctrl+Shift+ = (the equal key) for zooming in.
Ctrl+ - (minus key) for zooming out

See if this works

Edit: Mine is xfce4-terminal 1.2.0

In Edit->Preference-> appearance, the default geometry is in rows and columns, not in width or height. So here I am kinda confused in this part. If you need the window be bigger and the text bigger, you increase them under the appearance tab

Last edited by lvsl (2026-11-04 21:24:56)

advice1010

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Registered: 2023-02-19

Posts: 173

Re: Terminal - Back to increasing window size when zoom in

Thank you for reply, but ?
Hotkeys are not the issue, they do perform a zoom action.
However, this zoom action changes the size of the actual window, which is what I am looking to prevent from happening.
I am looking to perform the zoom in/out actions within the terminal window, but have the size of the terminal window remain the same, as all / most applications function.
This desired behavior was added to the terminal in the past, but now does not appear to work any longer?

If anyone knows how to fix this, or if anyone knows if this was regressed, please let me know.
Thank you

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,735

Re: Terminal - Back to increasing window size when zoom in

Its a hidden setting:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-terminal -p /misc-resize-on-zoom -s false -t bool -n

...sets it so the window doesn't resize. Effective version 1.1.5.

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