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Krita

Zoom in on the canvas

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Windows Desktop app Krita default shortcuts

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In Krita, Ctrl + Equals will zoom in on the canvas. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Image open

Krita's file also binds Ctrl with the plus key to zoom in.

Where this comes from

Krita default action files - KDE Krita repository

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Zoom in Adobe Acrobat Cmd + =
Zoom in Audacity Ctrl + 1
Zoom in Bitwarden Cmd + =
Zoom in on the page ChromeOS Ctrl + +
Zoom in Evernote Cmd + =
Zoom in on the browser, viewer or timeline Final Cut Pro Cmd + +
Zoom in on the image GIMP +
Zoom in GitHub Desktop Cmd + =
Zoom in Google Earth Page Up
Zoom in on the map Google Maps +
Zoom in on the slide LibreOffice Impress +
Zoom in Inkscape +

More Krita shortcuts

Zoom out of the canvas Ctrl + -
Rotate the canvas to the right Ctrl + ]
Rotate the canvas to the left Ctrl + [
Show or hide the grid Ctrl + Shift + '
Snap to the grid Ctrl + Shift + ;
Scale the image to a new size Ctrl + Alt + I
Resize the canvas Ctrl + Alt + C
Select the whole image Ctrl + A

See every Krita shortcut

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