LibreOffice macOS: Please provide an option to disable mouse/scroll zoom

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#1

The mouse/scroll zooming is awful. I very often leave my finger on the Command key as I work on the document. I expect the mouse scroll to ALWAYS scroll the document, not jerk the zoom to a different view. This happens in the Writer application, for example.

Please provide a built-in option to disable the mouse/scroll zoom hotkey. The default behavior is way too finicky and does not follow the behavior of 99% of other macOS applications.

Other users have suggested buying third party products to fix this. That’s not good. Let’s fix the root cause in the first party application, LibreOffice.

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#3

Have you tried the options here including re-assigning a different modifier key, Change Zoom settings for accessibility on Mac – Apple Support (UK) ?

Or maybe you have a magic mouse, How to Fix or Disable Magic Mouse Zooming By Itself Randomly

#7

Thank you for your genuine attempt to address the issue posed by OP. Unfortunately this is not a system-wide issue; in my case I didn’t even have a scroll to zoom modifier key set in Accessibility, rather it is set in individual applications.
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I’m not sure if turning on this setting and choosing a different modifier key would work around this issue in LibreOffice, but I’m afraid it would impact other applications where I do want to be able to scroll to zoom. It’s disheartening that the problem hasn’t been addressed in two years since OP’s message, which probably wasn’t the first. I’m pretty tired of MS Office’s constantly changing, always-online software, but this just isn’t working out either.

#2

Do not leave your finger on the Command key.
(I am not kidding…)

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#4

I’m pretty sure I’m leaving my finger on the trackpad rather than the Command key. Between very rapid document changes involving genuine mouse cursor movements, hotkeys, and content changes. I have never had this problem in any other WYSIWYG editor before. Only in the LibreOffice Writer. This is horrid UX, which multiple people have already complained about online. The problem is consistent and annoying enough to leave LibreOffice and get Microsoft Office.

#5

It is your choice.
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Check the Customize
(on Windows: Tools - Customize - Keyboard)
feature for the Keyboard. There is not Zoom related option for the keys.
I suppose it it is handled by the operating system, like in the Firefox browser, like in the Thunderbird Email client, and in many other softwares. (As there is not assigned function for the Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V in my LO running on Windows - but the copy-paste function works without it)

Customize
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Try to search relevant options in your operating system.

#6

There’s no indication whether you’re a developer or just contribute to the forums.
But this is a typical developer attitude that I hate, hate, hate, hate SO much.
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We know “it is our choice” what software to use. Obviously, we have some inclination to use LibreOffice. I hate that it is so predictable that instead of saying a) nothing at all or b) “that sounds frustrating, let’s look into it”, the only response is to put down the user and to give non-answers that help absolutely nobody.
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As OP stated in their respectful message, other applications do not behave this way. I have never seen similar behavior in any application. So implying the issue is with the OS is incorrect and almost nonsensical.
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I arrived to this thread after the 100th time having Calc zoom way out on a spreadsheet as I Cmd-Tab to switch between programs. I’m not leaving my finger on the Command key; the issue is that if I have scrolled and there is any inertia remaining from that scroll, it will (inexplicably) be combined with a subsequent press of Cmd to zoom the spreadsheet.
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This behavior does not make sense. Fixing the root cause (key presses picking up on stale scroll inertia) would be a no-brainer. Separately, adding a preference to change this behavior makes a lot of sense and isn’t asking much - even a default via command line would be fine, and would allow users to at least work around what is a genuine bug in LO.
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Blaming the user is truly obnoxious, and the suggestion to stop holding Cmd is a hall of fame worthy poor response. I just don’t understand who devotes so much time to creating software but has this much contempt for those who use it when they come across issues. If you’re not a developer, consider next time simply leaving a link to where we can file a bug report.

#8

As you wish: How to report bugs.

#9

CMD is a modifier key; if you keep holding it down and type, something unexpected is going to happen eventually. It is not a poor response, it is just a simple fact.

Maybe this discussion on apple forum could help, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255942372?sortBy=rank

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