More granular control over zooming in and out on the pedigree
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Matt Valley said: I have some suggestions to improve the user experience of zooming in and zooming out on the pedigree when viewing the Tree page. I grouped them together in the same feedback submission because they are closely related.
(1) Smaller increments when changing the scale of the pedigree
When using the zoom in and zoom out buttons on the pedigree, the scale changes in increments that are too large which makes them frustrating to work with. Currently when zooming in, the scale of the pedigree container appears to become 1.5x bigger each time and when zooming out the scale appears to become 0.66x times the size. Those values should be modified to use smaller increments to allow for more granular control over how much to zoom in and zoom out. I often want to zoom in just a little bit more to make the text more readable but I end up avoiding the zoom buttons and instead using the browser zoom because the main zoom buttons are too drastic.
(2) A way to reset the scale without losing my place on the tree
Currently the main way to reset the scale of the pedigree container is to click on the Home button. However, that button tightly couples resetting the scale of the pedigree with resetting my location on the tree. I should have the ability to reset and go back to the default scale of the pedigree without losing my place on the tree.
(3) A setting to control if double-clicking should zoom in
I would be nice to have the ability to disable zooming in when I accidentally double-click on the background space of the pedigree when clicking and dragging to change my location.
(1) Smaller increments when changing the scale of the pedigree
When using the zoom in and zoom out buttons on the pedigree, the scale changes in increments that are too large which makes them frustrating to work with. Currently when zooming in, the scale of the pedigree container appears to become 1.5x bigger each time and when zooming out the scale appears to become 0.66x times the size. Those values should be modified to use smaller increments to allow for more granular control over how much to zoom in and zoom out. I often want to zoom in just a little bit more to make the text more readable but I end up avoiding the zoom buttons and instead using the browser zoom because the main zoom buttons are too drastic.
(2) A way to reset the scale without losing my place on the tree
Currently the main way to reset the scale of the pedigree container is to click on the Home button. However, that button tightly couples resetting the scale of the pedigree with resetting my location on the tree. I should have the ability to reset and go back to the default scale of the pedigree without losing my place on the tree.
(3) A setting to control if double-clicking should zoom in
I would be nice to have the ability to disable zooming in when I accidentally double-click on the background space of the pedigree when clicking and dragging to change my location.
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Tom Huber said: Welcome to the community-powered feedback forum for FamilySearch. FamilySearch personnel read every discussion thread and may or may not respond as their time permits. We all share an active interest in using the resources of this site and as users, we have various levels of knowledge and experience and do our best to help each other with concerns, issues, and/or questions.
In the past, if memory serves me correctly, the mouse wheel would zoom in or out in fine increments. Moving the chart around on the screen was by clicking and holding down the cross arrows while moving it around the screen. That allowed the position of the chart to be moved, while the wheel provided zoom capability.
It appears that a recent change was made to change this. At this point in time, one can still move the display around the screen, double clicking rapidly will zoom in, but the wheel on the mouse only moves the display up and down.
Chrome on Windows 10. Note that this may be a function of a recent change for the Chrome browser, rather than anything done by FamilySearch.
Maybe other users can let us know what works (or not) for them using a mouse on the pedigree charts with respect to the mouse and mouse wheel.0
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