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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 <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)">~~
~~<metadata~~
~~id="metadata2047">~~
~~<rdf:RDF>~~
~~<cc:Work~~
~~rdf:about="">~~
~~<dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>~~
~~<dc:type~~
~~rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />~~
~~<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" />~~
~~</sodipodi:namedview>~~
~~<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"
~~id="path2035-9"~~
~~inkscape:connector-curvature="0" />~~
~~<path~~
~~inkscape:connector-curvature="0"~~
~~id="path2035"~~
~~overflow="visible"~~
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;isolation:auto;mix-blend-mode:normal;fill:#c8c4b7;fill-opacity:1"
d="M 7.5,1 A 6.508,6.508 0 0 0 1,7.5 C 1,11.084 3.916,14 7.5,14 11.084,14 14,11.084 14,7.5 14,3.916 11.084,1 7.5,1 Z m 0,1.04 c 3.022,0 5.46,2.438 5.46,5.46 0,3.022 -2.438,5.46 -5.46,5.46 A 5.454,5.454 0 0 1 2.039,7.5 c 0,-3.022 2.44,-5.46 5.461,-5.46 z" />
~~<path~~
~~inkscape:connector-curvature="0"~~
~~id="path2037"~~
~~overflow="visible"~~
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;isolation:auto;mix-blend-mode:normal;fill:#c8c4b7;fill-rule:evenodd;fill-opacity:1"
~~d="m 11.853,11.146 -0.707,0.708 3.5,3.5 0.707,-0.708 z"~~
~~sodipodi:nodetypes="ccccc" />~~
~~<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"~~
~~sodipodi:cy="7.5"~~
~~sodipodi:rx="5.5"~~
~~sodipodi:ry="5.5"~~
~~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"~~
~~d="M 12.500107,5.9999998 7.5001068,11 l -3,-3.0000002"~~
~~id="path8695"~~
~~inkscape:connector-curvature="0" />~~
~~</svg>~~
~~```~~

I am in Xubuntu. Sometimes, when I use Android Studio and suddenly change the window from Android Studio to Chrome using <span class="button">alt</span>+<span class="button">tab</span>, my screen zooms in. Here is how it looks whenever that happens:
![screen](https://imgur.com/FSsKs9y.png)
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.

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