Is it possible to zoom in or out during vehicle assembly?

[ammobake]

My rockets just keep getting bigger and bigger! Assembly becomes more and more of an issue with some of the larger configurations of rockomax tanks & engines.

Sometimes it becomes so difficult to do assembly without being able to do something as simple as zooming out a bit. It sometimes causes you to accidentally click something you didn't mean to - if you haven't saved your rocket yet you're stuck trying to reattach. This is most of the time imposible if you've added multiple decouplers and other things to each tank so you end up having to try doing several steps over again and restage accordingly.

I feel like I can't even see most of the rocket.

Is there any way to zoom in or out during rocket assembly?

Thank you!

-ChriS (in Alaska)

[Starstrider42]

Yes. Click the middle mouse button and drag. I have no idea why they picked different controls for the VAB vs. the rest of the game.

You can get a full list of key bindings, some pretty obscure, here: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Key_bindings

[Mmmmyum]

Also with bigger rockets Page up and Page down make the camera go up and down respectively, which is useful with taller rockets

[Seshins]

You can also hold shift as you use the mouse wheel.

[Kryxal]

Keypad + and - also do the trick.

[Kasuha]

Um...

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Controls#Key_Bindings

Check the VAB/SPH Commands part

[Red Iron Crown]

I play on a laptop, and I find it essential to add custom key bindings to control zoom (I use "-" and "="). Otherwise, there is no zoom control at all, as my laptop has no numeric keypad or scroll wheel.

Really should be the default, as laptops outsell desktops considerably.

[Pecan]

... laptops outsell desktops considerably.

Oh dear, you've done it now. All the phone-fans who think their toys are proper computers will be on you!

[problemecium]

I second the laptop woes. With no number pad, how am I supposed to make use of the secret camera-switch button?

[TechnicalK3rbal]

Shift + mouse wheel.

[Vanamonde]

Please confine your responses to the subject, and void criticizing others' appliance choices.

[Red Iron Crown]

the secret camera-switch button?

Didn't know about this, what is it?

[Seret]

Really should be the default, as laptops outsell desktops considerably.

Probably not for gaming rigs though.

[Red Iron Crown]

Probably not for gaming rigs though.

True enough. Seems to me, though, that adding key bindings that work on laptops as well as desktops is a fairly easy improvement to make.

[Seret]

True enough. Seems to me, though, that adding key bindings that work on laptops as well as desktops is a fairly easy improvement to make.

File a bug?

[Gunso]

just press ctrl + z to undo

[Captain Sierra]

I second the laptop woes. With no number pad, how am I supposed to make use of the secret camera-switch button?

I have a laptop, and it has a numpad.

I also have a wireless mouse.

It's also built specifically as a performance rig rather than a highly portable workstation.

Any other misconceptions here I need to disprove?

Shift scroll is the easiest way to do it and it's the way I use. I build with one hand on the left side of my keyboard and the other on my mouse (mainly because I have EditorExtensions, which adds many more key functions to use).

[ammobake]

Thanks so much guys! What a relief to be able to zoom.

Was getting cramped there.

Using the - and + keys on the numberpad works great.

Shift + mouse wheel is probably the easiest tho.

Thanks everyone for your responses!

-ChriS

[ammobake]

I'm definately going to be using that undo feature also!! OMG I didn't even know about that one.

-ChriS

[Claw]

I'm definately going to be using that undo feature also!! OMG I didn't even know about that one.

-ChriS

It doesn't always work as expected, and it sometimes leaves spare parts lying around. I find that if I pull off something by mistake, it's easier to delete that piece and undo, than to set it loose in the VAB before undoing. I have also had it attach a second copy if I was slightly moving something but didn't align it quite right, then tried to undo.

Sorry, felt like I had to warn. I have messed up many craft trying to "undo".

[problemecium]

I have a laptop without a number pad ;P

And the secret camera switch button, or so I've heard, is the numpad shift button. It reverses the camera direction in IVAs so you can see your Kerbals' beautiful smiles.

[Red Iron Crown]

I've never seen a numpad with a shift key.

[sal_vager]

Since when did numpads have a shift key?

You can remap the numpad zoom keys to other keys you know

[Problemless Mods Wanter]

Hello,

 

Is there any way or mod to further zoom in?

[Plusck]

16 hours ago, Smart Parts Wanter said:

Hello,

 

Is there any way or mod to further zoom in?

Bit of a necro there.

I don't understand what you need, though, since zooming (keypad +/-, or shift-mousewheel) in to the maximum takes you very very close to the middle of the VAB/SPH, and if the part you want to zoom to is actually beyond the scope of zoom it's easy enough to move the craft a touch.
If anything, it's zooming out in the SPH which has its limits (especially when importing craft from VAB to SPH).