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Drop down zoom level removed in CS6. Any way to get it back?


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joedirte83

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So if you have used CS6 you may have noticed the Applications bar was removed. According to Adobe it was removed to make more vertical "real estate" for the workspace which makes no sense. When maximized it uses zero additional vertical space but that's another argument.

As part of the Applications bar, there was a drop down menu for a few preset zoom levels. 25, 50, 100 and 200. I got addicted to using this drop down for the work I do in PS and specifically 100 and 200% as I'm also zoomed in make minor changes and I want to jump to 100 or 200% to see what the changes look like at size or zoomed out.

Does anyone know of a drop down menu like that for zoom in CS6? I know the original shortcut ctrl-1 was for actual pixels but I have that and all the other keys close to the left ctrl/shift/alt used for other functions. I rarely take my right hand off the mouse as I work and that was the best way for me to zoom quick to 100%.

Thanks.

Here's what I'm talking about if you don't understand:

CS5:
photoshop_cs5.png



CS6:
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Thank. That will work for now. I can get close to 100% with the mouse wheel then snap to 100% with that.

I hope Adobe adds that back, at least for the windows version. Their reasoning for removing was based on mac users complaining as it did in fact take up space for them. But at the same time, they had the option to hide application frame which gave them their space back. So why it needed removing in the first place is beyond me.
 
joedirte83 said:
Thank. That will work for now. I can get close to 100% with the mouse wheel then snap to 100% with that.
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You are welcome. Did you notice aside of slider there are triangles on both ends, they will put you to 100% very quickly if pushed.
 
peta62 said:
You are welcome. Did you notice aside of slider there are triangles on both ends, they will put you to 100% very quickly if pushed.
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Yep. Didn't even bother with the slider. That's what I meant by saying snap to 100 when I was close to it. Thanks again.
 
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