I think I may have solved my problem. I suspect I just touch the edge of the trackpad with the ball of my thumb when I am making certain gestures and this causes unexpected results.
Barry On 29/01/2012, at 1:42 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: > Carlo > > It is definitely the accessibility zoom but I am not sure how I manage it > without touching the control key, next time it happens I will try control > plus the two finger swipe to see if that gets me out of the zoom. I normally > have the accessibility turned off in any case. > > Barry > > > On 29/01/2012, at 12:59 PM, cm wrote: > >> Hi Barry, >> >> You may be doing an Accessibility zoom in. It can be configured to be >> Control plus a two finger swipe up to zoom in and Control plus a two finger >> swipe down to zoom back out. As I say this is an Accessibility feature that >> can be turned off but I use it frequently to read fine print and thus have >> it turned on. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> On 29/01/2012, at 12:44 , Barry Sexstone wrote: >> >>> I have been trying to familiarise myself with the magic trackpad and all >>> its gestures with a certain amount of success. However, occasionally I get >>> the same effect as if I have keyed alt-cmd-+ with the zoom option turned >>> on. I have been unable to find a gesture that reverses this and I am >>> forced to use alt-cmd-8 to return to the normal screen. >>> >>> Can anyone advise me what I may be doing to invoke the zoom? This usually >>> happens while I am scrolling using two fingers. Am I doing this in an >>> unusual part of the pad or am I accidentally dropping another finger onto a >>> critical part? >>> >>> Similarly can anyone advise gesture which will reverse the action? The >>> normal zoom in and out gestures with with two fingers owning or closing >>> have no effect. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Barry >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
