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[Petko <pditchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/16/2012 11:24 AM, Alan Bell wrote:
> We now ship compiz enhanced zoom enabled, but with no keyboard or 
> mouse bindings. I think this is possibly the single best feature that 
> the Ubuntu desktop has over other operating systems so I would like to 
> make it easier to use for more people.
>
> Right now I use super+button4 to zoom in and super+button5 to zoom 
> out. So I hold super and roll the mousewheel to magnify the screen at 
> any time. I also disable the overlay hint thing because it gets in the 
> way, but if someone is going to fix that so if you hold super and do 
> something else it doesn't get in the way that would be great too.
>
> I would like to get the super+button4/5 bindings in by default (this 
> is just a simple change to /usr/share/compiz/ezoom.xml to add a couple 
> of lines like: <default>&lt;Super&gt;Button4</default>)
>
> what do you think?
>
> Alan.
+1 from me too . I use alt+ mouse wheel (I find it a bit more logical 
too , but it's largely a preference) .

Petko