Page zoom setting
Hi folks,
Have you noticed that with the drop down Zoom dialog box, you can type any number you want (78% for example), but when you type 80%, the box always goes to 800%. You always have to delete one of the zeros.
I've tried typing all kinds of numbers and they all work except 80%. Anyone else seeing this anomaly? I included a pic that shows what the box looks like after I type, "80."
Thanks.
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Works just fine for me.
Edit: hmm, no, not always, very strange
It works when I highlight just the number (i.e. excluding thr %), then the 80 statys an 80, but if everything is selected and then an 80 get entered, that 80 becomes an 800%
In reply to Works just fine for me by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks Jojo. Do I smell yet another, Microsoft issue? Usually all Microsoft software is flawless (as I roll around on the floor laughing myself crazy)!
There's something definitely wrong with that control - at least on my system, and now yours...weird.
I don't think Microsoft has anything to do with it; it' just autocomplete coming into play. The choices in the dropdown list include "800", also "100", "200", "400", and "1600". Try typing the first two digits of any of these and it autocompletes to add the remaining digits. Or, try typing just "7" and it autocomplete to "75", and so on.
Autocomplete is a pretty standard of dropdown lists that allow you to type. Probably there is a way for us to disable it here, but I'm not sure it makes sense to do so if this is as common as I believe it is.
In reply to I don't think Microsoft has… by Marc Sabatella
Okay, that's why the 800% is filling in because it's in the list. Never noticed that. Wow, 800 and 1,600 percent! Has anyone ever used such a huge magnification? Otherwise, everything is fine with the box.
It's far more convenient to blame MS :). Thanks Marc.
In reply to I don't think Microsoft has… by Marc Sabatella
The only numbers that make sense on that list are 100 & 200 the rest make it difficult to see anything on a normal monitor.
In reply to The only numbers that make… by mike320
Agreed, Mike. I suggest the autocomplete list be modified to 75%, 100%, and 200%, with the ability to type in our own values.
On occasion, I like to look at a three page score with 65% magnification so I can see the overall spacing. At 97%, the score is exactly what a score looks like on paper. (97% on my monitor generates an 8.5 by 11 inche page size.)
Zoom settings cannot be predetermined because there are so many different sized monitors out there. I'd delete the other defaults. They're just in the way. On occasion, I use 80%, which is a pain because I must delete the extra zero.
In reply to Agreed, Mike. I suggest the… by Lee Batchelor
I've gotten so used to that field giving me numbers I don't want that I always double click it to modify it or more often shift-spin mouse wheel to adjust it. Problem is that it probably will never stop on 97% or 65% for you.
In reply to I've gotten so used to that… by mike320
True, Mike. It's hard to be all things to all people. I still love this program. It does everything I need. Sometimes you need to cheat, but that's okay :).
In reply to I've gotten so used to that… by mike320
I never use that part.
Usually I just use Ctrl + mouse wheel.
Very rarely, if I want to see 100%, I use Ctrl + 0. (zero)
In reply to I never use that part… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Ziya, you're a genius! I never knew about that shortcut. I can avoid the drop down box all together!!
Many thanks for the hint :)!
In reply to Ziya, you're a genius! I… by Lee Batchelor
As a sidenote, the Ctrl-0 shortcut and Ctrl-scroll for zooming works in nearly all modern desktop browsers as well ;)
On a numeric setting, "auto-complete" makes no sense at all. Very, very, very, very occasionally, it may help to fill in a customer name or something similar, but personally if I could banish it permanently from everything I would be happy. Please get rid of it.
In reply to On a numeric setting, "auto… by Imaginatorium
Agreed; filed it as an official request in #248316: Disable autocomplete of zoom percentage field
In reply to Agreed; filed it as an… by jeetee
Should get rid of it on the find command also. I get tires of looking for a small numbered measure and getting a 3 digit measure I looked for at some point.