Sometimes, randomly, the screen goes into Magnify Mode. How do I get out of it? And, come to think of it, how did I get in it? Zorin basic on a Surface laptop...
I am using keys in the Alt SUper Fn area at the time....and I think scolling?
Nevermind, found it, Alt + two finger scroll while on desktop. Is there anyway to disable this 'feature'? I won't need it for another seven or 10 years...
At settings> keyboard> keyboard shortcuts > Acceccibility you can remove the zoom in/out. Click on it and then press backspace key to disable that function.
It is getting more and more annoying...it is happening all the time now. I have no such setting. I would LOVE to disable this...
And it's not in Accessibility, either...
Or mouse settings
Or keyboard settings...
Using terminal, you can bypass the missing GUI setting:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-magnifier-enabled false
EDIT: Due to a suggestion above...
Your profile says "Lite" but Zorin OS Lite does not have an alt+two finger scroll by default, whereas Core does...
Can you please verify - confirm edition?
I don't use a mouse, just touchpad, so can't test at the moment ...If you are running Lite, there is a setting at window manager tweaks at tab compositor to increase desktop with the mouse wheal...I'm not sure if it can help to disable that or the zoom there.
At settings > Acceccibility, is "enable assistive functions" disabled?
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I really don't know what I have, I went to the download page and downloaded what was there... I only see core there, so I assume that is what I have. I see no place to download a 'lite' version. I looked all over in the setting to tell me what is installed, but couldn't find anything.
In terminal,
echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Can confirm.
Lite is hard to find on the download page - the ZorinGroup stuffed it into a corner since they have decided to discontinue it.
The screenshot you showed above looks like Core to me...
this did not work
Neither did this:
user@user-Surface-Laptop-Go-2:~$ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
XFCE
user@user-Surface-Laptop-Go-2:~$
I found a button to upgrade to lite...strange, if it is discontiunued that there would be a button for that...but in any case, I assume it is core as that is what is on the download page.
Ok, you are on Lite.
Zorin OS Lite uses XFCE
Zorin OS Core uses Gnome
Lite is in the process of being discontinued - there were not be a Zorin OS 19 Lite.
Zorin OS 18 Lite is the last of its kind.
So gsettings commands are less likely to work as they are primarily for Gnome.
Have you installed Compiz or other? It can bring the Zoom Shortcut.
No, never installed that. Have only installed a few things, Firefox, some media players, Wine, Steam, and a couple office apps. I found the number 17.3...
I am not sure how I got Lite. I can't find it on the download page, and I have only been using Zorin for a few months.
On XFCE, can you launch the settings editor, using terminal is fine:
xfce4-settings-editor
Scroll to the bottom in the left paine to xfwm4
Click it and in the right pane, scroll to the bottom to zoom_desktop and click on the checkbox - in the popover window, set the value to false from true.
Repeat for zoom_pointer.
EDIT: I just tested it on my system and my instructions above are in slight error...
Click the Checkbox, then Click the button marked EDIT - then the popover window will appear - where you can switch True to False.
Unchecking the box in xfce4-setttings-editor worked on Zorin 17 Lite.
Why not do this in the normal compositor settings at window manager tweaks? It is the same and easier:
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This worked:
xfconf-query --set false --channel xfwm4 --property /general/zoom_desktop
I guess this is a major annoyance in the world of XFCE. I found the fix here:
Glad to find out I am not a nutcase, or, at least, if I am I have a lot of company.
Thanks guys for setting me onto the right trail.
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That does the same as a terminal command...So you know all options now to disable that setting.