Confused by Auto Zoom vs. cmd-0

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Kevin Arthur

September 23, 2019 00:09

I'm having trouble seeing what Auto Zoom does other than resetting the zoom level to 100%. I'm using Menlo-Regular, default zoom 100%, line spacing 1.2, text alignment Natural. I tried switching to Avenir but don't see the difference there either.

What am I missing? I know that MMD Composer has this feature but I haven't used it (sorry).

For me, I expected there to be an "Actual Size (cmd-0)" option, which seems to be more common (e.g. in Chrome, Bear). I tend to do a lot of cmd-plus/minus and it's useful to reset.

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  Williper Larnloge

  September 25, 2019 13:21

  Try using auto zoom and then re-sizing the window. It will adjust the font size according to the window width. If you reset the auto zoom, I think that's the equivalent of cmd-0.

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  Fletcher Penney

  September 25, 2019 16:14

  You have to have a fixed maximum line length in order for auto zoom to mean anything, otherwise it just uses 100%.

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  Kevin Arthur

  September 25, 2019 16:26

  Got it -- yes, I see it now if I put in a fixed maximum line length, but otherwise it did nothing. You might consider greying out the Auto-zoom option when there's no max line length set, just to avoid possible confusion. Or maybe indicate in the settings or the menu item that the two features are linked (e.g., "Auto-zoom to fixed line length").

  BTW, I'm a UX researcher so I tend to give feedback on what I see as potential usability issues -- if it's annoying and you mainly want bug feedback let me know. :)

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  Fletcher Penney

  September 25, 2019 16:28

  All feedback is welcome!

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  Fletcher Penney

  September 25, 2019 22:29

  I have updated the code so that the menu bar item is disabled if the line length is not set.

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