Zoom Keys

Pan and zoom with simple keystrokes.

Use this tool to move quickly around the data displayed in a 2-D plot. Make sure the figure has focus, and then press any of the following keys. Clicking and dragging will pan the data.

Keys you can use are:

z, Z: zoom in, zoom out, in both dimensions

x, X: zoom in, zoom out, x dimension only

y, Y: zoom in, zoom out, y dimension only

arrow keys: pan the data

a: axis auto

n: axis normal

e: axis equal

g: toggle grid state

spacebar: toggle axis tick display state

h: help