Change Zoom Scroll Direction Mac Apps

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You can zoom in on apps using the trackpad on your Mac laptop or gestures on the Magic Mouse, but with the Zoom accessibility feature, you can zoom in on the whole screen. You can do it with keyboard shortcuts or by using your mouse's scroll function along with modifier keys.

Feb 06, 2017  Original Title: LOCKING ZOOM. 1st - I'm amazed that a series of 2015 questions about the sliding zoom was considered answered by a 2011 reply. That a Chrome platform question was answered with an Internet reply. 2nd - Windows 10 changed so many things. The zoom problem for my HP never occurred until W-10. So here we are in 2016. Sep 19, 2019  Click on Accessibility in the System Preferences window.; Scroll down and select Mouse & Trackpad from the menu on the left side of the Accessibility window.; Drag the Double-click speed slider to the right or left to increase or decrease how fast you must click the mouse to trigger the double-click feature. Note: At its slowest, you can wait as long as four seconds between clicks to trigger.

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How to enable shortcuts for Accessibility zoom

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Zoom in the menu on the left.

  4. Click the checkbox next to Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom to enable the feature. The shortcuts are:

    • Toggle zoom: Command-Option-8
    • Zoom in: Command-Option-=
    • Zoom out: Command-Option- -

    Source: iMore

  5. Click the checkbox next to Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom.

  6. Click one of these options from the drop-down:

    • Control
    • Option
    • Command

    Source: iMore

How to change the style of zoom

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  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Zoom in the menu on the left.

  4. Click on one of these options from the Zoom style dropdown:

    • Full screen
    • Split-screen
    • Picture-in-picture

    Source: iMore

How to manage Zoom appearance

In macOS Catalina, the settings for zoom appearance apply to all three zoom settings: Full screen, split-screen, and picture-in-picture, with one small exception.

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Zoom in the menu on the left.

  4. Click Advanced…

    Source: iMore

  5. Click a movement option under When zoomed in, the screen image moves:
    • Continuously with pointer
    • Only when the pointer reaches an edge
    • So the pointer is at or near the center of the screen

  6. Click the checkboxes to enable the following options:

    • Inverting colors
    • Smoothing images
    • Flashing the screen when a notification banner appears
    • Following keyboard focus
    • Keep zoom window stationary (picture-in-picture and split-screen only)

    Source: iMore

  7. Click Adjust Size and Location if you're using the picture-in-picture or split-screen styles.
  8. Click and drag the corners of the window to change its size.
  9. Click on and drag the window around the screen to change its location. Wherever you leave it, it'll stay.
  10. Click OK in the center of the window when you're satisfied.

  11. Click OK when you're finished.

    Source: iMore

How to customize zoom controls

Just as with appearance, the settings for zoom controls apply to all zoom styles in macOS Catalina.

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Zoom in the menu on the left.

  4. Click Advanced…

    Source: iMore

  5. Click the Controls tab.

  6. Click the checkboxes to enable the following options:

    • Holding Control-Option/Alt to temporarily toggle zoom
    • Holding Control-Command to temporarily detach the zoom view from the pointer.
    • Pressing Option/Alt-Command-F to toggle between full screen and picture-in-picture zoom
    • Using keyboard shortcuts to adjust the zoom window
    • Using a trackpad gesture to zoom

    Source: iMore

  7. Click and drag the sliders next to Maximum Zoom and Minimum Zoom to set each. You can start at 0 and magnify as much as 40x. If you hit the hotkeys to zoom in, you'll immediately zoom in to the Maximum Zoom you've set.

  8. Click OK when you're finished.

    Source: iMore

How to enable and manage Hover Text

Hover Text is a feature the lets you enlarge in a small pop-up window when you hover over text while holding down the Command key with this option enabled.

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Speech in the menu on the left.

  4. Click the checkbox next to Enable Hover Text.

    Source: iMore

  5. Click Options...

  6. Click an option from the drop-down or enter a custom text size.

    Source: iMore

  7. Click a font option from the drop-down menu. You can use any of your installed fonts for this.

  8. Click on of these text entry location options:

    • None
    • Near current line
    • Top left
    • Top right
    • Bottom left
    • Bottom right
    • Custom

    Source: iMore

  9. Click on one of these activation modifier options to select the key that activates Hover Text:
    • Control
    • Option
    • Command

  10. Click Colors...

    Source: iMore

  11. Click the drop-downs to choose the colors for the following:

    • Text
    • Insertion-point
    • Background
    • Border
    • Element-highlight

    Source: iMore

How to manage speech options for zoom

In macOS Catalina, the speech options for Zoom have moved out of the Zoom menu, and into the speech menu.

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click Accessibility.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click Speech in the menu on the left.

  4. Click the checkbox next to Speak items under pointer to turn that feature on.

    Source: iMore

  5. Click Only when zoomed in the drop-down.

  6. Drag the slider left or right to shorten or lengthen the delay between hovering the pointer over a word and when that word should be spoken.

    Source: iMore

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