Ubuntu – Google Chrome accidental zoom

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I have noticed that sometimes my Chrome under Ubuntu increases zoom level. Usually, it happens when I am doing something on the keyboard so perhaps it is some touchpad or keys combinations which I am accidentally touching. I know for sure that this is not standard Ctrl+ but could not figure out what it is in order to disable it. Are there any other ZOOM keyboard shortcuts on Chrome/Linux? My current Chrome version is 54.0.2840.100.

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Ctrl+Scroll changes the zoom level in Chrome. You can press Ctrl+0 to reset it to the default zoom level. You can also zoom out with Ctrl+- (Minus) and zoom in with Ctrl+= (Equals).

Now, even knowing this, I still have this happen often. It sort of seems like Ctrl is sticky in Ubuntu (or maybe I just hold it down longer than I realize :-P ).

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