LR 4.2 - alternative 'zoom in' shortcut?

Hello,
I'm experiencing an issue with the 'zoom in' shortcut in LR 4.2.
Officially the 'zoom in' shortcut is supposed to be "Crtl+=", but I can't type this directly, as the equal is on top of the zero on my (german) keyboard, i.e. in order to type an '=' I need to type 'Shift+0'.
But when I type 'Ctrl+Shift+0' nothing happens.
When I type 'Ctrl+0' the histogram collapses/expands (it toggles between the two).
I'm not sure whether on a US keyboard you can directly type the '=', but I have the feeling it's like that. So, is there an alternative to zoom in for foreign keyboards? (and: why is not the 'Ctrl+ +' being used as in the majority of other programs...?)
Thanks,
Plasma2k

Hi,
I have had the similar problem, though with a Norwegian keyboard. The = is on "Shift+0" on a Norwegian keyboard as well.
I fixed this by applying a new keyboard shortcut for the zoom-in action in a rather cumbersome fashion.
By default, there are alternative keyboard mappings available if you are using a language specific version of Lightroom, either in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portugese, Swedish, or Chinese, but no Norwegian.
If you're running with the German "language pack" the shortcuts for Zoom Out should be "Ctrl+#" in Develop Mode, and the default "Ctrl+=" in Library Mode.
This is all described in language resource files, one for each of the mentioned languages.
They are located under the language-specific directories (de, sp, fr, jp, and so on) in a Resources directory under the Lightroom program folder. In my case the Lightroom program folder is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.2\, since I'm running version 4.2 on Windows.
Since there's no Norwegian translation resources available for Lightroom I prefer running with the English version. There is no specific English resource file or folder, since English is the default language of Lightroom.
But you can make one. So I did!
I first created a new directory called "en" in the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.2\Resources\, then I put a text file called TranslatedStrings.txt in that folder with the following contents:
"$$$/AgDevelop/Menu/View/ZoomIn/Key=Cmd+."
"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/View/ZoomIn/Key=Cmd+."
Nothing more.
This overrides the keyboard shortcuts for Zoom In in Develop and Library Mode to "Ctrl+." and leaves all the other shortcuts as the default shortcuts in the program.
(It says Cmd since that's the name of the Ctrl key on Apple OSX, I guess). The "." key is right next to the "-" key on a Norwegian keyboard, and has not been used for any other shortcuts in the English language version of Lightroom as far as I know.
If you're using the English version of Lightroom you could do this to any other shortcut that you would like to change as well. Look at some of the other TranslatedStrings.txt files in the Resource folder of another language to learn the identity (e.g. $$$/AgDevelop/Menu/View/ZoomIn/Key=) of the shortcuts you'd like to change.
If you're running Lightroom in one of the other supported languages, just change the corresponding TranslatedStrings.txt file of that language. Make sure you create a backup copy of the file before modifying it.
When you install a new version of Lightroom you must remember to copy the file to the new installation, typically C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3\ for version 4.3 and so on.
Good luck! Hope it helps.

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