"Pinch to zoom" not working in the Finder

Pinch to zoom only works for certain applications in Mac but not Finder. This is an expected behavior

The apps that have been confirmed to work with pinch to zoom

Safari

iPhoto

Preview

pinch to zoom does not work in

Finder

Mail

ichat

of course there's a whole bunch of list.

apple.com/feedback would be the proper channel to voice out this enhancement request

I've already gone to apple.com/feedback and complained about pinch to zoom in finder. If you don't like it too make the effort to mail feedback and if there's enough of us we'll be hard to ignore...

I am sure that you didn't mean it as such, but your post seems awfully dismissive of a valid complaint - phrases like "this is an expected behaviour" are bound to get people's emotions up, because clearly to some of us, this was not an expected behaviour. The pinch gesture worked in the Finder in Snow Leopard, and so it wasn't unreasonable to assume it would work similarly in Lion. I realise you're probably just using "expected behaviour" in the generic sense of the term, but I've always felt that phrase to be a bit of a programmer cop-out, designed to make the user shut up and feel unreasonable for wanting something to work differently. The alternative of "we programmed it that way" puts the responsibility back on the programmers in a way they would probably prefer to avoid!

www.apple.com/feedback sir 🙂

I'm not here to argue. As far as I see, we all share the same experience and sentiment but if you wish to get heard, then that above link is right channel

just my 2cents, we are entitled of our opinion and I respect yours. If there's a loss of feature then we all have to understand that this is a brand new OS, not an upgrade like Snow leopard is to Leopard. There is a lot of new look and feel, the pinch to zoom on certain apps is indeed HELPFUL. Nobody said it isn't. What I said its an expected behaviour because whatever angle you look at it, there is no setting you change to put it back then doesn't mean its working as expected?maybe not how you expected but on a developer point of view it is.

Ultimately, even if this thread goes 10 page, if its an enhance request or lost of feature. There are proper channels to point it out.

Yeah, I didn't expect that feature to be axed. Especially since they've been touting the multi-touch as the best feature of Lion. I really don't see why they would add the pinch and zoom to other apps but take it out of the finder. I used it all the time to sift through my picture thumbnails. Disappointing.

please everyone provide feedback here

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

This was an option way back in 10.5 It use to be in the advanced tab of Finder preferences. You could turn it off and on. Then it became on always at somepoint, definately whebn 10.6 came out it was the default to pinch to zoom the Finder. Not sure under 10.6 if it could be turned off. Anyway. Apple please bring back the ability to turn this on or off in Finder Preferences.

I just sent in feedback as well. This was one of the top multi-touch features that I have consistently used and for it to be gone and only to be allowed with certain apps is a complete step backwards and frustrating.

"All right folks, this is an order: Do not release Lion before you get confirmation that I'm on hollidays in my secret bunker!"

-Steve Jobs-

too many things not workin

VDNYC7 wrote:

too many things not workin

I love how concisely and accurately this sums up the whole mess

i feel stupid typing so much in my previous post LOL

I agree I need it back! Filled out a feedback form.

I already filled the feedback form. This feature is a must for me.

For a temp fix until they actually fix this, if you open a Finder window and click on View, and then "Show Status Bar", you'll get a slider bar to increase / decrease icon size. I know it's not what we want, but at least its a way to zoom in and out somewhat fast.

Hope this helps some of you for a while.

what about using COMMAND & OPTION key along with the "+" sign?

Please vote for this request....

"We need this feature back anyhow".......Raise the voice!!!!