Pan & zoom

Move around the drawing and control magnification.

Vellum keeps your view smooth at any magnification because the drawing is vector, not a fixed-resolution image.

Panning

  • Hold Space and drag, or select the Pan tool, to move the view.
  • Scroll to pan vertically; hold Shift while scrolling to pan horizontally.
  • On a trackpad, use a two-finger drag.

Zooming

  • Use the zoom + / − buttons in the status bar, or type a percentage directly into the zoom field.
  • Pinch on a trackpad or touch screen to zoom toward the cursor.
  • Select the Zoom region tool (Z) and drag a box to zoom to that area.
Hold to panSpace
Zoom region toolZ
Your view is saved

The current page, zoom, and center are encoded in the editor URL, so you can bookmark or share a link that opens to exactly the same view.