Is there a way to zoom the Visual Studio text editor with a keyboard shortcut?

Question

Yesterday I found myself needing to zoom my Visual Studio text editor and was without a mouse (don't ask). Typically I do this by holding down CTRL and scrolling the mouse wheel. I also couldn't figure out how to tab into the area where you can specify your zoom level in the lower left hand corner of the text editor window.

So I guess I have two questions:

1. Is there a menu setting somewhere that I could have navigated to via the keyboard to set my zoom level?
2. Even better is there a similar keyboard command to holding CTRL and scrolling the mouse wheel?

Answer 1

I don't know if there is a menu option, but there are keyboard shortcuts to set the zoom level.

ctrl+shift+. to Zoom In

ctrl+shift+, to Zoom Out

Answer 2

In my case, ReSharper reassigned Ctrl + Shift + , (aka Ctrl + Shift + < ) to ReSharper's Recent Edits command, and I wanted to reset it back to Visual Studio 2012's zoom out.

To do that, go to Tools -> Options. Under Environment -> Keyboard, remove the Ctrl + Shift + , hotkey from the ReSharper.ReSharper_GoToRecentEdits command (or any other commands), and assign the View.ZoomOut command back to Ctrl + Shift + , (use either Global or TextEditor mode).

Answer 3

Visual Studio Code Linux keyboard shortcuts for zoom in/out:

• in: Ctrl + =
• out: Ctrl + -

Answer 4

If anyone is looking for an answer to the first question (as I was), you can hit Ctrl+F2, then hit the Tab key three times. This works in VS 2019, but doesn't appear to work in 2017.

Answer 5

The default accessibility setting by Microsoft, if they havent been tampered or changed are:

Zoom In --> Ctrl + +

Zoom Out --> Ctrl + -

Here is the link to the official Microsoft's VS code accessibility page

Hope it helps someone else

Answer 6

Just an update for 2020-Sep. Ver 1.49. Win 10:

From keyboard shortcuts in-app ( Ctrl + k Ctrl + s .. or .. File Menu, Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts):

Zoom In: Ctrl + = .. or .. Ctrl + Numpad_Add .. or .. Ctrl + Shft + =

Zoom Out: Ctrl + - .. or .. Ctrl + Numpad_Subtract .. or .. Ctrl + Shft + -

Reset Zoom: Ctrl + Numpad_0

NB: for VS-Code (may/Not be same ViZStd)