Bug 483942 - [key binding] 'Zoom In' should be bound to Ctrl+=
Summary: [key binding] 'Zoom In' should be bound to Ctrl+=
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: 4.6   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 4.6 M4   Edit
Assignee: Markus Keller CLA
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Depends on: 469918
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Reported: 2015-12-08 13:50 EST by Markus Keller CLA
Modified: 2015-12-09 03:17 EST (History)
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Description Markus Keller CLA 2015-12-08 13:50:01 EST 
The 'Zoom In' command should be bound to Ctrl+=, not Ctrl++.

The '+' key is only reachable via Shift on U.S. and many other keyboard layouts (+ is Shift+=). It's awkward that one of the Zoom In/Out commands needs Shift but the other doesn't. Even worse, Ctrl+Shift+- is Split Editor (Ctrl+_).

Futhermore, GEF already binds M1+= in the "In Windows" context, and this somehow prevents Command+Shift+= from working on the Mac.
Comment 2 Eclipse Genie CLA 2015-12-09 02:23:35 EST 
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/62284
Comment 3 Mickael Istria CLA 2015-12-09 02:45:40 EST 
What is the shortcut for zooming in other popular applications on Windows? On Linux, it's often Ctrl+. However, Firefox allows both Ctrl= and Ctrl+ for zoom in.
If you read stackoverflow or other places where user discuss this feature in Eclipse IDE, before it got implemented here, many users express that they're expecting Ctrl+
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/790720/eclipse-ide-how-to-zoom-in-on-text
* http://marcel.bowlitz.com/tips/eclipse-zoom-in-on-text-with-ctrl+/
* https://code.google.com/p/tarlog-plugins/wiki/AvailableFeatures

So I believe we should simply bind both Ctrl+ and Ctrl= to the zoom in command. See related Gerrit patch.