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

To use Zoom in and Zoom out functionality in Ubuntu is similar to what we have done in Linux above, the main difference is the environment and the terminal sometimes different distribution uses different terminal consoles. So let’s see how to use Zoom functionality in Ubuntu.

There are 2 methods to use it:

• Method 1: By keyboard shortcuts
• Method 2: By inbuilt functionality within the terminal

Method 1: By using Keyboard Shortcut in the Ubuntu terminal

Step 1: Open your Ubuntu instance and open the terminal on it. let’s just write a simple text like Hello from w3wiki !, and we will see how to zoom in and zoom out.

Step 2: Press CTRL + ‘=‘ to zoom in on the text and increase its size on the terminal, as you can see in the below output.

CTRL + '='

Step 3: Press CTRL + ‘_’ to zoom out the text and decrease its size on the terminal, as shown in below output example below.

CTRL + '_'   

in the above command _ key is the key that is also the – key, In Ubuntu by default shortcuts for zoom in and zoom out are Ctrl++ where + is = key and Ctrl– where – is _ key.

Method 2: By using the Inbuilt functionality of the Ubuntu terminal

Step 1: Keep your terminal open, you can clear the screen with a clear command. let’s type the same text we have written above Hello from w3wiki!

Step 2: Now you can see a 3-line bar box (More Options) in the top right corner of the terminal, You can click it to see the options it has.

Step 3: We can see that the menu has zoom-in and zoom-out functionality, you can simply use it by clicking on it as per your requirement for text size. below are the outputs for both of the functions.

Select the Zoom out icon from the options.

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.