Bug 1813 – Vertical Zooming Beartrap

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 1813 - Vertical Zooming Beartrap


Summary:	Vertical Zooming Beartrap

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User Interface
Version:	2.2.2
Hardware:	Per OS All

Importance:	P3 RepeatableAll
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2018-01-01 10:42 UTC by Peter Sampson
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1. Create some audio, e.g. using Tone. 2. "Accidentally" click in the Vertical Zoom region 3. Notice that something mysterious has happened to the wave track and there is no obvious way to restore it.
Release Note:	Group: Zooming *If the waveform disappears or looks odd (stretched upwards) you may have accidentally activated vertical zooming. One way out of Vertical Zoom is to right click in the vertical ruler and choose Zoom Reset from the options
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

Flags:	james.k.crook: Must‑Test‑All‑OS- petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Peter Sampson 2018-01-01 10:42:23 UTC

Comment 1 Peter Sampson 2018-01-01 10:45:00 UTC

Many users get trapped in accidental/inadvertent unintended vertical zooms and have no idea how to restore their "normal" view - there have been many report of this on the Forum and feedback@ over the years - and latterly on our Facebook page too.

Comment 2 James Crook 2018-01-01 11:51:22 UTC

DEVEL - FIX MADE

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/916db76052f21c3446de4f33755c422bc32619d5

Vertical Zooming by drag is now opt-in.  Advanced users can enable it.  New users won't fall into it accidentally.  New users can still zoom using context menu (right-Click).

Comment 3 Peter Sampson 2018-01-08 10:08:02 UTC

Tests OK on latest Mac nightly and on the 2.2.2JC003 build that James made for me on 08Jan18.

The left-clicky vertical zooming is now "off" by default - can be turned on in the Tracks behaviors pane of Preferences.