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This wikiHow teaches you how to enable a button that gives you the ability to access your iPhone's zoom-in features from any screen.
Steps
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1Open your iPhone's Settings. It's the app on one of your home screens with the gray cogs. It's sometimes found within a folder labelled "Utilities."
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2Tap General. It's the icon with the white cog under the third section of menu options.Advertisement
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3Tap Accessibility.
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4Tap Zoom.
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5Slide the "Show Controller" toggle button to the "on" position. The Zoom Controller, a small circular icon with four arrows, will appear on your screen.
- If "Follow Focus" is enabled, slide its button to the "Off" position before proceeding with the rest of the process.
- You can tap Idle Visibility and drag the slider to increase or decrease the opacity of the Zoom Controller on your screen.
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6Tap once on the Zoom Controller to show the zoom menu.
- Tap Zoom Out to exit out of the magnified zoom lens.
- Tap Full Screen Zoom to zoom in on the entire screen rather than just one section as in the default Window Zoom. Tap the Zoom Controller once, then tap Window Zoom to return to the Window Zoom style.
- Tap Resize Lens to change the size of the Window Zoom area. Drag any of the dots around the zoom window to resize it to your desired height and width.
- Tap Choose Filter to add a grayscale, inverted, grayscale inverted, or low light filter to the zoomed area.
- Hide Controller turns off the "Show Controller" toggle button. You will need to re-enable it in order to see the Zoom Controller again.
- Drag the slider button at the bottom of the menu to increase or decrease the zoom level.
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7Tap twice on the Zoom Controller to switch between zoom and regular view.
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8Drag your finger around the Zoom Controller to pan while zoomed in.
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Updated: June 13, 2021
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Categories: IPhone
Article SummaryX
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Tap Zoom.
5. Turn on Show Controller.
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