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Q&A 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 alt+tab then my screen automatically zoom. Here how ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Quasímodo‭

#7: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2022-01-02T17:32:26Z (almost 3 years ago)
better tag disambiguation (sorry for the extra edits)
#6: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2022-01-02T05:29:11Z (almost 3 years ago)
changed zoom tag to disambiguate from meeting software
#5: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2021-09-26T11:24:42Z (about 3 years ago)
added relevant tags
#4: Post edited by user avatar Anonymous‭ · 2021-09-24T06:52:14Z (about 3 years ago)
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/Ep064pg.png)
  • 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.
  • ```plain
  • istiak@istiak-ThinkPad-X220:~$ 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
  • ```
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/Ep064pg.png)
  • 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.
  • ```plain
  • ...@....:~$ 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
  • ```
  • <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
  • <svg
  • xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
  • xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
  • xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
  • xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  • xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  • xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
  • xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
  • height="16"
  • width="16"
  • version="1.1"
  • id="svg2041"
  • sodipodi:docname="sticky_zoom.svg"
  • inkscape:version="0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)">
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  • <cc:Work
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  • <dc:title></dc:title>
  • </cc:Work>
  • </rdf:RDF>
  • </metadata>
  • <defs
  • id="defs2045" />
  • <sodipodi:namedview
  • pagecolor="#ffffff"
  • bordercolor="#666666"
  • borderopacity="1"
  • objecttolerance="10"
  • gridtolerance="10"
  • guidetolerance="10"
  • inkscape:pageopacity="0"
  • inkscape:pageshadow="2"
  • inkscape:window-width="1294"
  • inkscape:window-height="704"
  • id="namedview2043"
  • showgrid="false"
  • inkscape:zoom="0.99999999"
  • inkscape:cx="-178.09447"
  • inkscape:cy="6"
  • inkscape:window-x="72"
  • inkscape:window-y="27"
  • inkscape:window-maximized="1"
  • inkscape:current-layer="svg2041">
  • <inkscape:grid
  • type="xygrid"
  • id="grid2676" />
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  • <path
  • style="color:#000000;font-weight:400;line-height:normal;font-family:sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;text-indent:0;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-orientation:mixed;white-space:normal;shape-padding:0;overflow:visible;opacity:0.7;isolation:auto;mix-blend-mode:normal;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:bevel;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none"
  • d="M 7.5,1 A 6.508,6.508 0 0 0 1,7.5 c 0,3.584 2.916,6.5 6.5,6.5 1.612224,0 3.087362,-0.592853 4.224609,-1.568359 l 2.921875,2.921875 0.707032,-0.707032 -2.921875,-2.921875 C 13.407147,10.587362 14,9.1122237 14,7.5 14,3.916 11.084,1 7.5,1 Z m 0,1.0390625 c 3.022,0 5.460938,2.4389375 5.460938,5.4609375 0,3.022 -2.438938,5.460938 -5.460938,5.460938 A 5.454,5.454 0 0 1 2.0390625,7.5 C 2.0390625,4.478 4.479,2.0390625 7.5,2.0390625 Z"
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  • overflow="visible"
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  • d="m 11.853,11.146 -0.707,0.708 3.5,3.5 0.707,-0.708 z"
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  • <path
  • style="opacity:1;vector-effect:none;fill:#ffffff;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:bevel;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1"
  • id="path2707"
  • sodipodi:type="arc"
  • sodipodi:cx="7.5"
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  • sodipodi:start="0"
  • sodipodi:end="6.2319424"
  • sodipodi:open="true"
  • d="M 13,7.5 A 5.5,5.5 0 0 1 7.5704571,12.999549 5.5,5.5 0 0 1 2.0018052,7.6409026 5.5,5.5 0 0 1 7.288675,2.0040613 a 5.5,5.5 0 0 1 5.704106,5.214226" />
  • <path
  • style="fill:none;stroke:#46a926;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
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#3: Post edited by user avatar Anonymous‭ · 2021-09-24T06:50:20Z (about 3 years ago)
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/Ep064pg.png)
  • 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.
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/Ep064pg.png)
  • 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.
  • ```plain
  • istiak@istiak-ThinkPad-X220:~$ 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
  • ```
#2: Post edited by user avatar Anonymous‭ · 2021-09-24T06:45:43Z (about 3 years ago)
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • 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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
  • It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?
  • ![screen](https://imgur.com/Ep064pg.png)
  • 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.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Anonymous‭ · 2021-09-19T05:17:49Z (about 3 years ago)
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 <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span> then my screen automatically zoom. Here how it looks whenever it automatically zoom.

![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)

It's totally annoying how to stop this kind of behavior?