Pan and zoom

In the live preview, you can focus on parts of the converted design by panning and zooming.

Select Info button to view the keyboard shortcuts for the available options.

{Actions for panning and zooming the live preview.}

Actions for panning and zooming the live preview.

Move around the converted design

To pan and move around the converted design to inspect different areas, select Space and drag (Pan cursor ).

Zoom in and out

To zoom to the actual size of the converted design or to fit the design to the screen:

  1. Select Display resolution settings to open Display resolution settings.

    {Display resolution settings in the live preview.}

    Display resolution settings in the live preview.

  2. In View mode, select Actual size or Fit to screen.

To increase the magnification to examine fine details and component boundaries, zoom into the converted design:

  • Select Zoom in (Zoom in).
  • Select Ctrl (or Cmd on macOS) and rotate the mouse wheel down.

To decrease the magnification to see the overall layout and component relationships, zoom ot of the converted design:

  • Select Zoom out (Zoom out).
  • Select Ctrl (or Cmd on macOS) and rotate the mouse wheel up.

To reset the panning and zooming for accurate size representation:

  • Select Reset view (Reset).
  • Select Ctrl + 0 (or Cmd + 0 on macOS).

View the design with different screen resolutions

To see how your design looks on different sizes of screens:

  1. Select Show viewport overlay for selected screen resolution.
  2. In Display resolution, select the screen size.

To set a custom screen size, select Custom size, and then specify the width and height of the screen. Toggle Sync width and height to unlock or lock the aspect ratio of the viewport overlay when you set the values.

Note: You cannot inspect the design while you show the viewport overlay.

See also Preview converted designs and Inspect converted designs.

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