[wishlist] gnome-terminal should support ctrl+= for zoom in
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME Terminal |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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| One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
In gnome-terminal the 'View --> Zoom In' menu item lists the key binding of "Ctrl++" in the same way as Mozilla Firefox does.
However, on for example a pc105 keyboard (en_GB variant), you technically need to either use 'Shift+Ctrl+=' or 'Ctrl+KPLUS' (the numpad +) to cause it to zoom in. So the referenced keybinding can be slightly confusing to the novice user.
Mozilla Firefox resolves this by also binding 'Ctrl+=' to the same function so users can easily discover the feature without much thought. As such, most users have a learned response of holding Ctrl and hitting the - and = keys to zoom in and out. Gnome Terminal should probably do the same to make it easier to discover the feature.
This effects both Ubuntu jaunty and Ubuntu intrepid. It has not been tested under hardy.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
| Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote | #1 |
| Mark Hungerford (spaceboy909) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- gnome-terminal zoom-in keybinding referenced in menus is not intuitive - in relation to the actual keypresses needed + Support ctrl+= for zoom in |
| Changed in gnome-terminal: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| summary: |
- Support ctrl+= for zoom in + [wishlist] gnome-terminal should support ctrl+= for zoom in |
| Fabien Tassin (fta) wrote | #3 |
| Vish (vish) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in gnome-terminal: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
| Changed in gnome-terminal: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
This one has annoyed me for quite some time, and it's definitely there under Hardy, and I'm pretty sure I remember it there in Gutsy and maybe Feisty.
It's only thanks to this bug thread that I now know how to use the zoom!
Also, I'd like to add a suggestion here. As I always run at high res, I'm always zooming all of my apps. It would be VERY nice if the terminal would remember the last zoom setting so I don't have to do it every time.
GNOME Terminal 2.24.1.1
2.6.27-11-generic