Full screen zooming in OS X Lion

Running recent model (non-Thunderbolt) i7 iMac and after the Lion install I can't do a full screen zoom. Tried every combination in Universal access and mouse settings, but I can't duplicate what I loved so much about the previous OS X versions (and have sold a heck of a lot of Macs to friends and co-workers based on simply thowing this zoom feature). I have a Magic Mouse and the Mouse dialog states something about holding a modifier key with the "scroll wheel"
I hope this is fixed or someone has a workthrough. When I fire

Hm. I'm using a Macbook Pro, and I can zoom using multi-touch just fine, though I might be interpreting your question incorrectly. Say for instance on the Safari window I'm typing in, I can zoom in on text and whatnot without the menu bar and all that zooming. Are you referring to zooming everything as a whole? After I send this I'll take a look, because I think I did that at some point when I was using the GM seed.
^The person above me figured it out, thanks for reminding me as well!
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