Zoom Bar README

Zoom UI in status bar for vscode.

Features

Can zoom via GUI in status bar.

Tutorial

0. ⬇️ Install Zoom Bar

Show extension side bar within VS Code(Mac:Command+Shift+X, Windows and Linux: Ctrl+Shift+X), type zoombar-vscode and press Enter and click Install. Restart VS Code when installation is completed.

1. 🔍 Zooming via GUI

Click - to zoom out, click + to zoom in. And click zoom percentage to show zoom menu.

2. 🔧 Next step

You can change settings by settings.json. And you can apply keyboard shortcuts by keybindings.json.

Enjoy!

Commands

• Zoom Bar: Select Zoom : zoom by preset or input
• Zoom Bar: Reset Zoom : reset zoom
• Zoom Bar: Zoom In : zoom in
• Zoom Bar: Zoom Out : zoom out

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings by settings.json( Mac: Command+,, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> User Settings ):

• zoombar.defaultZoom: set default zoom
• zoombar.zoomUnit: set zoom unit
• zoombar.zoomUnitType: set zoom unit type
• zoombar.preview: temporarily apply the zoom before confirming.
• zoombar.zoomPreset: set zoom preset
• zoombar.zoomInLabel: set zoom in's label
• zoombar.zoomOutLabel: set zoom out's label
• zoombar.fontZoomResetLabel: set Editor Font Zoom Reset's label
• zoombar.uiDisplayOrder: set zoom UI display order
• zoombar.configurationTarget: configuration target scope.

You can embed icons in the label text( zoombar.zoomInLabel, zoombar.zoomOutLabel ) by leveraging the syntax:

My text $(icon-name) contains icons like $(icon'name) this one.

Where the icon-name is taken from the octicon icon set, e.g. light-bulb, thumbsup, zap etc.

You can specify unicode characters ( include emoji ) as label text too.

Keyboard shortcut Settings

In default, Zoom bar's commands doesn't apply keyboard shortcuts. Althogh, you can apply keyboard shortcuts by keybindings.json ( Mac: Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts).

Command name on keybindings.json is diffarent from on Command Pallete. See below table.

on Command Pallete	on keybindings.json
Zoom Bar: Select Zoom	zoombar-vscode.selectZoom
Zoom Bar: Reset Zoom	zoombar-vscode.resetZoom
Zoom Bar: Zoom In	zoombar-vscode.zoomIn
Zoom Bar: Zoom Out	zoombar-vscode.zoomOut

Release Notes

see ChangLog on marketplace or github

Support

GitHub Issues

License

Boost Software License

Download VSIX file ( for VS Code compatible softwares )

Releases · wraith13/zoombar-vscode

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