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Why my screen automatically zooms? How to stop it?
I am in Xubuntu. Sometimes, when I use Android Studio and suddenly change my "activity". I meant whenever I visit Android Studio to Chrome using + then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
I remember that, I had seen once that when I start laptop then a text appear on right top which say "Sticky key started" or something just like this. I don't remember the text correctly.
...@....:~$ locate sticky
/snap/gtk-common-themes/1515/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/legacy/sticky_zoom.svg
/snap/gtk-common-themes/1519/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/legacy/sticky_zoom.svg
/snap/kde-frameworks-5-qt-5-15-core20/14/usr/share/icons/breeze/actions/16/sticky_zoom.svg
/snap/kde-frameworks-5-qt-5-15-core20/14/usr/share/icons/breeze-dark/actions/16/sticky_zoom.svg
/usr/share/help/C/gnome-help/a11y-stickykeys.page
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-84/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/bridge_sticky_fdb.sh
/usr/src/linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-27/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/bridge_sticky_fdb.sh
/usr/src/linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-34/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/bridge_sticky_fdb.sh
gedit /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/legacy/sticky_zoom.svg
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1 answer
This is triggered by holding Alt and rolling the scrollwheel (or, on a touchpad, moving two fingers vertically).
Since you mention sticky keys: If they are on, the Alt keypress and the scroll event would not even need to occur simultaneously to trigger magnification.
To disable magnification,
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Using CLI:
xfconf-query -s false -c xfwm4 -p /general/zoom_desktop -
Using GUI:
Find Settings Editor in your menu (if you can't, just run
xfce4-settings-editor), select thexfwm4channel and uncheck the zoom_desktop value.
Attribution: Ask Ubuntu: How can I disable Alt-Scroll zoom in XFCE4.
To disable sticky keys,
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Using CLI:
xfconf-query -s false -c accessibility -p /StickyKeys -
Using GUI:
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Accessibility > Keyboard > Use sticky keys; or
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Find Settings Editor in your menu (if you can't, just run
xfce4-settings-editor), select theaccessibilitychannel and uncheck the Sticky_Keys value.
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