[Tip] Using the desktop magnifying glass

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Version 9.0.0.5 of AlomWare Toolbox introduced a new magnifying glass feature with a step called "Toolbox: Show the magnifier". When used, it shows a magnifying glass on your desktop that you can drag around to zoom in on things. It's not intended to be a replacement for the app's "Desktop Info" tab, but more for just quickly zooming in on something to see it better for a moment. You can zoom in or out by scrolling the mouse wheel on the lens.

Here's an action that shows the magnifier while a hotkey is held down, and then hides it when the hotkey is released:

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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Toolbox: Show the magnifier "1"
0002 Wait: For action hotkey to be released ""
0003 Toolbox: Show the magnifier "0"
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[Phteven]

Absolute magic! I've wanted something like this for years. Everything I tried was so convoluted or took up half the screen. Being able to just hold down a hotkey and drag the lens around is sweet AF!

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Thanks for the positive feedback.

I added it after seeing this Reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/1x3ts9z/i_made_a_free_screen_magnifier_you_open_by/

So you can really thank the OP there for it being added to Toolbox