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From: TheShagg on 5 Mar 2010 17:51
I am using Project, looking at the Ghant view.

When I hold the ctrl key down, the scroll wheel zooms in and out
horizontally as expected, except the center point is not constrained to the
mouse cursor. When I zoom in I end up in a way different place in the view
than I would expect.

Is this by design? Am I expected to use the silly scroll bar at the bottom
of the pane? I am really annoyed by this, and consider it a defect.
From: Andrew Lavinsky on 5 Mar 2010 21:13
That's what the Finger button in the menu bar is for. Just select the task
you want and click on the thing that looks like an index finger pointing.
That'll take the Gantt Chart to that specific task.

"TheShagg" wrote:

> I am using Project, looking at the Ghant view.
>
> When I hold the ctrl key down, the scroll wheel zooms in and out
> horizontally as expected, except the center point is not constrained to the
> mouse cursor. When I zoom in I end up in a way different place in the view
> than I would expect.
>
> Is this by design? Am I expected to use the silly scroll bar at the bottom
> of the pane? I am really annoyed by this, and consider it a defect.
From: TheShagg on 8 Mar 2010 13:26
Does the Project developement team read these forums? I have a serious
hatred for this horizontal zoom/scrolling/movement.

1) Why when I zoom in does it jump straight from 49 days to 5 days. I can
understand issues like getting even pixel spacings, but that is not the
constraint programmed here. I should have at least 4 more "steps" between
these zoom levels when mouse scroll-wheel zooming.
2) Why does the mouse scroll-wheel zooming not center at the mouse pointer.
3) If I have a key modifier that allows the scroll-wheel to zoom
horizontally, I should also have another that allows a horizontal scroll.
Ctrl+Shift, for example.

It's these simple touches that really make a program usable.

That said, other aspects of MS Project seem nice. I'm just having trouble
fighting the gantt view which is really making the experience a drag.



"TheShagg" wrote:

> I am using Project, looking at the Ghant view.
>
> When I hold the ctrl key down, the scroll wheel zooms in and out
> horizontally as expected, except the center point is not constrained to the
> mouse cursor. When I zoom in I end up in a way different place in the view
> than I would expect.
>
> Is this by design? Am I expected to use the silly scroll bar at the bottom
> of the pane? I am really annoyed by this, and consider it a defect.
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