Audacity Forum

Version: Audacity 1.3.8 Beta (Unicode)

Feature Request: Zoom In/Out On the Time Axis with lesser mouse movement

Currently, mouse wheel movement causes zoom in/out on the vertical/amplitude axis. This can also be done by clicking on the vertical axis on the left. AFAIK, to zoom in/out in the horizontal/time scale, you have to use the +/- buttons.

In my (limited) experience, while editing tracks one wants to move more along the horizontal/time axis than along the vertical axis. Currently, there is a lot of moving back and forth between editing the track and zooming in/out via the +/- buttons.

Here's the Feature Request:

- It would be useful if mouse wheel movement enables zoom in/out on the horizontal/time axis from the current mouse position.

- If you are reluctant to change the wheel movement behavior (from vertical axis to horizontal axis), it would help a lot if you implemented a Right Click option to zoom in/out from the current mouse position. It would save a lot of effort/time while editing tracks.

That's a great idea, and you're going to love this - hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse wheel. Horizontal zooming
(also, SHIFT + mouse wheel gives horizontal scrolling).

Sweet. It works like a charm and yes, I love it. Thanks Steve.