# What did I do to my SDMB display? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 28, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161 "2019-04-28T04:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/1 "2019-04-28T04:25:46Z")
I was browsing the Dope this evening, when I must have had a problem with my mouse. The text for the entire page went to about a size 0.5. I’m browsing in Google Chrome on a Windows 7 desktop machine. This only happens when I’m on the message board; the main site shows p okay. I’m going to submit this and check to see if the problem persists when I’m logged off, and when I’m in Firefox. BRB, and TIA. ETA: Okay, I’m back, and browsing in Firefox. Everything is behaving normally. In Chrome, the condition persists even when I’m logged out. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/2 "2019-04-28T05:16:24Z")
Try hitting control+0 (zero). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/3 "2019-04-28T06:56:50Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Try hitting control+0 (zero). Thanks, that did it! Any idea what I hit to screw things up, and why it only messed up the message board? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/4 "2019-04-28T07:34:29Z")
CTRL and + or CTRL and - simultaneously will make the text larger or smaller. Holding down CTRL and scrolling the mouse wheel in either direction can also make the text larger or smaller. CTRL and 0 resets the text size, as was already mentioned. Since you mention possibly having a mouse issue, I’m guessing you accidentally had CTRL depressed while moving the mouse wheel. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/5 "2019-04-28T11:08:52Z")
I always disable the scroll mouse feature if there’s any chance the keyboard could have a key accidentally pressed. So the computer in the living room (where you just put the keyboard on your lap) has it shut off. In Firefox, there was a built in way to do it, but I couldn’t find one in Chrome, so I just used an AutoHotkey script to disable it. I keep Ctrl-/+ though. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/6 "2019-04-28T14:55:11Z")
Thanks for the responses and the lesson on how to operate my computer. I have an essential tremor that sometimes results in my hand doing things that I didn’t consciously tell it to do. Experimenting suggests that I scrolled the mouse wheel to its limit with Ctrl depressed. Still wondering why it only affected the message board pages, though. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/7 "2019-04-29T03:47:41Z")
Because it stores the zoom setting for each page individually. So does Firefox. Unlike MS browsers. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-my-sdmb-display/833161/9 "2019-05-02T19:52:52Z")
One thing you can do is install [NoSquint](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nosquint-plus/jidjekdcooppfeggehblbigabhaihkgj?hl=en). It won’t prevent the Ctrl-Mousewheel from working, but it will restore the zoom to the default setting for the site if you refresh the page. I have the Dope always set on 155% zoom, while most sites are set on 125%. (My screen is 2 - 3 feet away from me.)