How to exit from magnified screen that moves with the mouse on Kubuntu?

Question

I have accidentally pressed some key combination that enabled a feature that I cannot turn off and cannot name.

The visible desktop area I see on monitor is enlarged and as I move the cursor, the visible area moves with it. I do not see the whole desktop, only a part of it.

How can I turn this off, whatever it is? Inside accessibility, the screen reader is turned off, it is something else.

Answer 1

Hold Alt and use mouse scroll wheel down.

On a laptop touchpad you can hold Alt and swipe two fingers down on the touchpad.

Answer 2

Kubuntu has a section called Desktop Effects. You can access it from System Settings under Desktop Behavior.

In the first section of Desktop Effects, you'll find Zoom. If you activate it, you'll be able to zoom your desktop.

Settings for the zoom feature can be accessed by clicking on the circled icon in the image above.

The default keyboard shortcut for zooming in is Meta+= pressed simultaneously. For zooming out, the default is Meta+- pressed simultaneously. Meta is the Super or Windows key.

Answer 3

Key combination Alt+Shift+F12 got me back to normal.

Answer 4

I recently faced this issue this morning. Thanks to my toddler :D !!.

None of above solution worked for me, I was using Ubuntu 18.04.6.

I found below link helpful. URL: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2019/07/how-to-enable-screen-magnifier-in-ubuntu-18-04-19-04/

I am repeating steps given on the link in case the link longer works for some one.

1. Open Dconf Editor and then navigate to org/gnome/desktop/a11y/applications
2. There turn on the toggle for “screen-magnifier-enabled”.

That's it.

Cheers!