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I'm using the Visual Studio 2013 form designer to edit a form. The size of the form in the designer window is too big so I want to zoom out.
In applications like Photoshop or Blend I could (among other things) use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-0 to fit the design to the screen.
In Visual Studio how do I zoom out in the form design window?
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You can already zoom in the XAML Designer by holding Control and using the mouse scroll wheel (or trackpad scrolling). Alternatively, there is a zoom combobox in the bottom left of the designer where you can adjust the zoom percentage.
Use keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+period (zoom in) and Ctrl+Shift+comma (zoom out) Type a zoom level directly in the the zoom control in the bottom left corner of the editor. Select a common zoom level from the dropdown list in the zoom control.
The Windows Forms designer doesn't zoom. The WPF one does because it's vector based, but WinForms is pixel based you don't get the zooming.
If you've got multiple monitors you can drag the designer to a second screen and work with it that way, or you can press Alt+Shift+Enter to toggle full screen and work with it that way.
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