Zooming and Panning

Use the Zooming and Panning functions to adjust the visible area in your Workspace while designing and making edits.

Zooming In can make fine details easier to work on, and Zooming Out can provide a better view of an overall composition.

Panning allows you to move the area your screen is focused over, sliding the field of view between locations in your Workspace.

Zooming¶

Zoom In and Out¶

The most common method to quickly navigate a design is by zooming with the scroll wheel on a mouse, followed by two-finger dragging if you're using a trackpad. By default, rolling it backwards will Zoom Out, and rolling it forward will Zoom In, toward whatever your cursor is pointing.

These directions can be swapped by going to File → Settings (LightBurn → Preferences on Mac) and toggling on Invert mouse wheel zoom direction.

However, there are many ways to Zoom In and Out:

Method	Zoom In	Zoom Out
Roll the scroll wheel on a mouse	Forward	Backward
Slide two fingers on most touchpads	Backward	Forward
Window Menu	Zoom In	Zoom Out
Keyboard shortcuts (Edit Window in focus)	`+`	`-`
Keyboard shortcuts (Edit Window not in focus)	`Ctrl` / `Cmd`+`+`	`Ctrl` / `Cmd`+`-`
Main Toolbar

What does it mean for a window to be in focus?

There are several Windows and Toolbars in LightBurn that accept user input — when a window is clicked on, it is in focus and accepting input.

If a window other than the Edit Window is in focus, click anywhere in the Workspace to bring it into focus.

Zoom to Page¶

To Zoom your field of view to show the entire Workspace, go to Window → Zoom to Page, press Ctrl / Cmd+0, or click the Zoom to Page button in the Main Toolbar.

Frame Selection¶

To Zoom your field of view to frame your current selection, go to Window → Frame Selection, press Ctrl / Cmd+Shift+A, or click the Frame Selection button in the Main Toolbar.

Panning¶

Panning slides your field of view around the Workspace. There are a few options for enabling Panning mode:

Click the Pan / Drag View icon in the Main Toolbar.
Press and hold the middle mouse button and move your mouse.
Hold down Space on your keyboard.

When you've enabled Panning mode using any of the above methods, you'll see the mouse cursor change to a hand , and then you can click and drag the view with the left mouse button.

To exit Panning mode, press the Esc key, or enable any other tool.

For more help using LightBurn, please visit our forum to talk with LightBurn staff and users, or email support.