Zoom Keys
Use this tool to move quickly around the data displayed in a 2-D plot. Make sure the figure has focus, and then press any of the following keys. Clicking and dragging will pan the data.
Keys you can use are:
z, Z: zoom in, zoom out, in both dimensions
x, X: zoom in, zoom out, x dimension only
y, Y: zoom in, zoom out, y dimension only
arrow keys: pan the data
a: axis auto
n: axis normal
e: axis equal
g: toggle grid state
spacebar: toggle axis tick display state
h: help
Cite As
Ned Gulley (2022). Zoom Keys (https://github.com/gulley/Ax-Drag), GitHub. Retrieved .
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