Zoom functionality in the View Area

All views except tabular and text views support zooming in and out. This section describes the most common zoom functionality. For protein 3D structures, see Viewing molecular structures in 3D.

Zoom tools are located at the bottom right corner of most views (figure 2.13).

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Figure 2.13: Zoom tools are located at the bottom right corner of the view.

The zoom tools include:

Additional notes:

In many views, you can zoom in by pressing '+' on your keyboard, or zoom out by pressing '-' on your keyboard.

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can also do the following:

Zoom in: Press and hold Ctrl (Image command_key_web on Mac) | Move the scroll wheel on your mouse forward

and

Zoom out: Press and hold Ctrl (Image command_key_web on Mac) | Move the scroll wheel on your mouse backwards