How to Enable or Disable Magnifier in Ubuntu Linux
The screen magnifier in Ubuntu Linux is a built-in accessibility tool that enlarges text and images on your display to help you read small details. You can turn this digital magnifying glass on or off instantly by pressing the Super key and the M key at the same time.
You can also control the zoom level, change how the screen follows your mouse pointer, and pick where the magnified area sits on your monitor through the standard desktop settings menu.
Open Settings , then Accessibility, and finally Zoom. Toggle the Zoom switch to On to enable Magnifier, or Off to disable it.
How to enable pinch zoom in Ubuntu?
Pinch gestures are not enabled by default in Ubuntu out of the box. Holding down CTRL while scrolling or pinching helps bypass this limitation in certain applications.
How do you zoom in and zoom out in Ubuntu?
For users who spend a lot of time in the terminal, there are specific shortcuts for adjusting text size. To make text bigger, press CTRL and the equals sign together. To make it smaller, press CTRL and the underscore.
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