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How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - pstein - 12-05-2023
How can I assign a new function the mouse wheel?
In future using the mouse wheel the current picture should be zoomed in or out.
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - Zero01 - 12-05-2023
(12-05-2023, 10:16 AM)pstein Wrote: How can I assign a new function the mouse wheel?
In future using the mouse wheel the current picture should be zoomed in or out.
If you hold down the Ctrl key whilst using the mouse wheel that will have the same effect.
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - PixLab - 12-05-2023
Yeah it's a pain in the ass, when other software like Krita or Blender, you just scroll to zoom in/out, GIMP you need to use your 2 hands
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - Ofnuts - 12-06-2023
Ctrl-wheel to zoom is pretty much the standard: Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, my two image viewers, my text editor, my file explorer, my terminal/console...
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - PixLab - 12-06-2023
(12-06-2023, 08:11 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: Ctrl-wheel to zoom is pretty much the standard: Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, my two image viewers, my text editor, my file explorer, my terminal/console...
Yeah... I stand corrected, I just spend the whole afternoon in GIMP, and 99% I wanted to scroll down or up.
Some time I should not open my mouth
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - Unis_Torvalds - 02-15-2026
(12-06-2023, 08:11 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: Ctrl-wheel to zoom is pretty much the standard: Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, my two image viewers, my text editor, my file explorer, my terminal/console...
This may be the case in office/productivity software. But in graphics software, zoom with scroll-wheel (no modifiers) is industry standard.
Nuke, Fusion, Krita, 3D Studio Max, Resolve, Combustion, Flame, Shake, Photoshop, Painter, Premiere, After Effects, Lightroom, Darktable, ZBrush, C4D, Modo, SketchUp, ComfyUI, Mari, Unity, Godot, Unreal, GameMaker, Xviewer... practically every app I've ever used zooms with scroll wheel. No keyboard modifier needed.
GIMP is more a graphics app than an office/productivity app, so it would be both logical and intuitive to follow industry standard conventions and simply zoom with scroll wheel.
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - Tas_mania - 02-18-2026
I guess the line between office/productivity and graphics is getting more blurred? Actually, the word 'productivity' is also getting very vague
For me anyway.BTW I like your name. I bet everyone asks 'are you related to Linus'?
RE: How to change mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out (instead of scrolling)? - zeuspaul - 02-19-2026
Just in case someone doesn't know. A very easy way to zoom in and out is with the + sign on the keyboard to zoom in and the - sign to zoom out. Then while in move mode--- to pan hold the space bar down and drag the screen with the mouse.