Is your laptop not among those that can do Multi-touch? Don't feel badly, you can replicate those great features!Well, kind of. First, open an image with Quick Look. Next, hold down the Option key while performing a two-finger scroll. The image zooms in and out!
Finally, let go of the Option key but keep your fingers in place on your trackpad. The cursor turns into a four-point directional, and then you can pan the image within the Quick Look window.
This also works with a mouse and scrollwheel.
Thanks, Max!
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4-17-2008 @ 2:17PM
Mystic said...
The only problem is Quick Look is using a low-rez version of the actual image, so zooming does little good. Open the file if you want to zoom.
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4-17-2008 @ 2:23PM
Murphy Mac said...
Handy. Nice to know. Thanks.
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4-17-2008 @ 3:08PM
bophojones said...
Also works with multitouch on my MBA. Sweet!
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4-17-2008 @ 3:42PM
PCheese said...
How does this have to do with the multi-touch features? Pinch out makes quick look full screen; it doesn't zoom in like this does.
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4-17-2008 @ 4:37PM
Claudio Alexandre Cologni said...
Awesome,
I never agreed about the zooming with Command+ work only with pdf files.
Thanks!
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4-17-2008 @ 5:36PM
Chet said...
Rad! That'll be helpful, thanks for the tip.
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4-17-2008 @ 10:10PM
sam said...
Anyone have that hippo image?
I love it!
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4-17-2008 @ 10:39PM
Richard. said...
You can zoom in anywhere in the OS using the control key + two finger scrolling... this isn't anything new.
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4-18-2008 @ 8:51AM
dombi said...
Richard: that is not the same feature. The one you are talking about is part of the OS's Universal Access function, which magnifies the whole display.
This article talks about a QuickLook feature, which I haven't know about either. Instead of the CTRL button, you are using the Option button i QuickLook.