How do you zoom with a digitiser

[arj]

I have just bought a Wacom Bamboo digitiser and it makes drawing so much easier. Is there a quick way of zooming in and out without switching to the mouse (Ctrl + middle scroll wheel)?

Andrew

[handrawn]

if you have a bamboo touch you can use touch function gesture

I've noticed that although the bamboo zoom gesture works in xara if you have mouse wheel option set to scroll up/down, it does not seem to work properly if mouse wheel option is set to zoom in/out [options/mousetab]

[Albacore]

The way I do it is to use both hands. Pen in right hand, I am right handed, mouse in the left which I find works well and quickly.

[handrawn]

I use the same hand quickly crossing the pen under my first and over my second finger so I don't have to put it down, easier for me to use the mouse with that hand than the keyboard... same if I want a quick sip of coffee... all part of the fast rhythm of freehand drawing, it comes naturally with practice, like riding a bike... using the gestures with the other hand or putting the pen down would not suit me..

[arj]

It feels as though there ought to be a better way when using a pen.

Andrew

[handrawn]

well if you use use the tablet gestures then all you need do is lift the pen off and gesture with the other hand - EDIT - but to be frank a mouse wheel is easier whichever hand you use and very quick

another possibility would be to set an option for the button on the pen, if it has that option available - I could probably [not actually tried] map a keystroke for my wacom bamboo, but there is no option I can see for zoom, and I'd personally find that more fiddly than gestures, because the pen buttons are always getting pressed accidently, I have them permanently disabled - but maybe that's just me working fast and turning the pen to evenly wear the nib an all'....

the pen is for drawing lines - what else would you suggest?