[Qgis-user] shift or control to toggle zoomin/zoomout

Nathan Woodrow madmanwoo at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 21:18:57 PDT 2016


Hi,

In QGIS:

Space + move mouse is pan
Middle click mouse is always pan
Mouse wheel is always zoom.

Page Up/Down = Zoom In/Out

Not sure we need any other methods at this stage.

Regards,
Nathan

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Garth Fletcher <garth at jacqcad.com> wrote:

> The approach I'm used to is widely used in Mac software, such
> as Photoshop.
>
> It allows one to dynamically navigate using the following key
> combinations:
>  space bar with click & drag : pan (i.e., "hand tool")
>  space bar + Command key with click : zoom in centered on cursor
>  space bar + Option key with click : zoom out centered on cursor
>
> It makes it very easy to navigate within an image.  In most
> software it also changes the cursor shape to provide feedback
> as to its current mode.
>
> One could use the Alt or Control keys on other systems.
>
> In QGIS I've instead defined custom keystrokes to select the
> 3 tools - +mag, -mag and pan - but that is less efficient as
> it requires the extra keystrokes.
>
> Cordially
> --
> Garth Fletcher
> Mason, NH 03048
>
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