Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2018 October 15

= October 15 =

Windows magnifying apps
I am seeking a windows magnifier app. I have tried two and neither are quite what I want.

The inbuilt windows magnifier has a cursor but you can't look at the magnifier to move that mouse around as the cursor stays still and the image moves in the opposite direction - it is most confusing.

I have tried "Virtual Magnifier 3.7" from sourgeforce and it behaves very nicely. It moves a magnfying glass around the screen following the mouse. However there is no cursor and you can't "click".

What I want is something that magnifies somewhere in the 2x to 4x region with a window that scrolls around the screen following the mouse and that has a (double-sized/quad-sized) cursor that I can position and then do all the usual actions (left click, right click, wheel click, wheel scroll) etc.

Does anyone know of such an app that will work on Windows 7 and/or Windows 10. (Or of a way of making the ones I've tried behave like my description.)

Thanks -- SGBailey (talk) 16:27, 15 October 2018 (UTC)


 * SGBailey. it sounds like you're using the "Docked" option of the built-in magnifier. Have you tried using the "Lens" mode instead?  It sounds like it does just what you want.  Activate it through the Views menu or by Ctrl-Alt-L.  Rojomoke (talk) 16:22, 16 October 2018 (UTC)


 * That's just what I want on Windows 10. I'll try Windows 7 later. THANKS. -- SGBailey (talk) 16:33, 16 October 2018 (UTC)