How to Zoom in and Zoom out in the Linux Terminal?

For doing zoom in and zoom out in the terminal we have two different methods. We have listed this method below:

• Method 1: Using Shortcut Keys
• Method 2: Using the Inbuilt Functionality of the Terminal

Let’s explore both the methods with step-by-step execution:

Method 1: Using Shortcut Keys

Step 1: To use Zoom in and Zoom out in the terminal you can use keyboard shortcuts, to do so first open your terminal by the taskbar, or you can search for it in applications. Press the below Keyboard Shortcut to open the terminal in Linux.

CTRL + ALT + T

Step 2: Now we can see that the terminal has a line with the current working directory and username written, We will use shortcuts to Zoom in first, On your keyboard press CTRL + ‘+’ (+ key is the key used for addition from your Numpad). Once you press the keys the terminal will be zoomed in. Below we have added a video demonstration of in process using the shortcut key.

CTRL + '+'

Step 3: Now for Zoom out we will use the shortcut CTRL + ‘-‘ (- is the key used for subtraction from numpad), Once you press it you will see that the text on the terminal is zoomed out. Below is a practical demonstration of zooming out the terminal console in Linux.

CTRL + '-'

Method 2: Using the Inbuilt Functionality of the Terminal

Step 1: To use inbuilt zoom-in and zoom-out functionality, first navigate to the terminal and select the Edit Tab from the menu bar. You can refer to the below screenshot for navigation.

Step 2: After clicking on the Edit Tab, multiple sub-options will be displayed. From these sub-options, we need to select Zoom in option to perform zooming into the terminal. After clicking on the option, you can see in the below video file, that our zooming-in is performed successfully.

Step 3: From the drop-down apperated after clicking on the Edit Tab option, we can select the option of Zoom out to perform zooming out in the terminal. We have done the zoom-out process in the below demonstration.

We can see we have both options to zoom in and zoom out, Click on any of them to apply the functionality with each click, it will perform zoom in or zoom out on our terminal, and the outputs will be the same as shown in the above example.

Linux is a Debian-based Operating system used by many professionals and other people for various purposes. Mainly Linux is used for Penetration testing and Vulnerability assessment. Windows systems often interact with GUI (graphical user interface) but in Linux, we use a terminal console more to interact with the system and to do things normally. In this article, we will see how we can use the Zoom in and Zoom out features in this terminal console of Linux. We will see what the keyboard shortcuts are to zoom in and out and also see how to do so with the terminal itself.