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Re: magnifying glass in 1.38x

Posted by Martin Wessendorf on Dec 11, 2007; 6:50pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/magnifying-glass-in-1-38x-tp3697778p3697782.html

Michael--

That was it exactly.  Amidst all the inconsistent behavior, what I
missed was the fact that I was moving the window.  As a result,
sometimes it seemed to work appropriately and sometimes it didn't.

Thanks!

Martin

Michael Schmid wrote:

> Hi Martin and others,
>
> on my ImageJ 1.39k (Mac OSX) the magnifying glass behaves
> exactly like the "+" and "-" keys for zooming.
>
> With both methods of zooming, there is a feature that might
> make it look inconsistent at the first glance:
>
> When zooming in, ImageJ always extends the image to the bottom
> and right, keeping the top left at the original position. The
> window is enlarged only if there is enough space on the screen
> for the enlarged window (current window size times the zoom
> factor, leaving some extra space near the borders).
> Otherwise, the window size remains fixed.
>
> So an image well below half screen size will always get a larger
> window by zooming in if it is placed at top left.
> It won't get a larger window if placed near the bottom or right
> borders of the screen.
>
> Maybe this was the reason for the seemingly inconsistent
> behavior?
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 11 Dec 2007, at 10:15, Joachim Walter wrote:
>
>> In ImageJ 1.38x, the behavior of the magnifying glass appears to be
>> inconsistent.  On occasion, using it without the shift key down will
>> make the image enlarge and the window grow larger.  However, on other
>> occasions, using it will zoom in on the image but not increase the
>> size of the window.  If the latter happens and I try again with the
>> shift key down, nothing happens--the magnifying glass has no effect at
>> all.  Other behavior seems normal; right-clicking will make the window
>> grow smaller as it zooms out.
>>
>> Anyone else seen this?  I'm using ImageJ under Windows XP SP2 and Java
>> 1.5.0_09.
>>
>> Thanks--
>>
>> Martin
>
>

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