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Zoom without ctrl

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
February 10, 2021
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On PC i want to explore figma document with only mouse, but i can’t zoom in/out without keyboard - I have to hold down the Ctrl with the other hand. On a Mac, there is no problem: gestures on the touchpad make zooming convenient.

At the moment we can scroll through a document by dragging it with the left mouse button or by scrolling horizontally, but to scroll horizontally (which is also often used as vertical scrolling) you have to hold down Shift, which is rather illogical for a map-like interface.

Can you add a switch like the existing “Invert Zoom Direction”? That would solve my problem.

This feature was already requested in 2017: https://spectrum.chat/figma/feature-requests/zoom-with-mouse-wheel~04d1784d-827c-4363-9404-ffddc91bcfef

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Vlad

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Allyson_Francis

I really don’t understand why this one simple change which has the potential to dramatically expand their user base (by becoming infinitely more attractive to all Miro + Lucid users) has been ignored for checks notes going on 6 years now.

I’m currently still pulling my hair out anytime I have to work on something in Figma because the navigation controls are so different from every other tool I use. For that reason I try as much as possible to avoid using it. Surely that’s not the impression you want to leave on your users?

Mouse-only zoom and right-click pan toggles asap, please.

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Alphi

I heard Microsoft has Design rights patent to this function/feature, hence Figma and co. would have to cough out a hefty sum to be allowed to implement this in any of their software. [ Boy o boy, What a lemon? ] OR what else could it be?

Yes, yes, yes!

Why only 153 votes for this simple handy feature?
Now I see why they don’t give a hoot.
Where are all the designers and Figma fans at, when you need them?

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Martin_Sawtell

Just add the option. It’s not that hard.

Mariam

How is this still an issue in 2023.

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Anirudh_Ashok

It’s 2023, point and zoom (w/ scroll wheel) is a basic usability standard, not an additional feature.

Anna_Shaposhnik

Yes please would also be helpful for Wacom tablet users

Iya

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Please add this feature. There are a lot people who primarily word on pc with mouse.
This will be an incredibly convenient feature and shouldn’t take you a lot of effort to implement.

I am a miro user who really wants to get into figma. this is literally my biggest obstacle.
A lot of my friends has the same issue. Please just add this feature. Thank you