9. January 2019

IntelliJ Idea zoom text by mouse wheel

Common feature in many application is possibility to zoom text content by Ctrl + Mouse Wheel.

IntelliJ Idea has this feature, but it’s disabled by default.

You can enable zoom in few steps. Open Settings (Ctrl+Alt+S), search for “zoom“, select Editor.

Check the option “Change font size (Zoom) with Ctrl+Mouse Wheel“. Click OK and enjoy the zoom feature :-)

25. August 2018

How to switch between keyboard layouts on macOS by using keyboard shortcut

When you have two or more keyboard layouts on macOS (e.g. US, Dvorak) then the only way how to switch between them is to click the menu in the upper right corner. It’s not very convenient. On Windows you can use Alt + Shift to switch the layout.

The keyboard shortcut to switch between layouts is by default disabled. You have to enable it.

Go to System Preferences, click Keyboard, click tab Shortcuts, click item Input Sources, check Select next source in Input menu.

Now you can switch keyboard layout by Control + Option + Space

You can also edit the shortcut and use your own.

13. January 2018

How to change Windows 10 to grayscale mode and back to color mode

Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update 2017 – winver: 1709) has one neat feature which might be handy for graphic designers and photographers. You can quickly can turn your display quickly to grayscale (black and white).

Some people activates this feature just by accident and they do not know how to turn Windows 10 back to color mode.

The keyboard shortcut is pretty simple:

Windows + CTRL + C

Color mode of Windows 10:

Grayscale (black and white) mode of Windows 10:

You can read more at Microsoft web site.