GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 725129
[RFE] Move the magnified screen area with a keyboard shortcut
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:16:44 UTC
I'm looking for a feature similar to the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+arrow of the built-in Windows magnifier. This shortcut moves the magnified area of the screen in the direction of the arrow key without changing the position of the mouse pointer. I'm a low vision user depending on 8-10x full screen magnification. I need this feature to avoid RSI symptoms caused by excessive mouse movement.
Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like a fine idea to me. If someone confirms it I will take a look.
Ctrl+Alt+arrow is currently used for switching workspaces in gnome-shell. But it seems that the shortcuts mentioned in comment 0 aren't the ones used in Windows. I found this: http://www.imgpresents.com/magnify/guide/html/configshortcutlist.html
The page referenced in Comment 2 does not apply to the Windows Magnifier. Please refer to the following page instead, section "Magnifier keyboard shortcuts": http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-8
(In reply to comment #3) > The page referenced in Comment 2 does not apply to the Windows Magnifier. > Please refer to the following page instead, section "Magnifier keyboard > shortcuts": > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-8 Thanks for clarifying. Bastien I don't think Bas is suggesting we use CTRL+ALT+ARROW if they're already taken but rather Bas seems to be suggesting we implement the feature which would be invoked by CTRL+ALT+ARROW, on windows. I think this sounds like a smart feature worth having and personally I support the idea of implementing it.
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