# Adjusting editor margins \[to make text wider\]

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adjusting-editor-margins-to-make-text-wider/138558>\
**Category:** Scrivener\
**Tags:** support, text-editing, configuration\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adjusting-editor-margins-to-make-text-wider/138558 "2024-01-05T19:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adjusting-editor-margins-to-make-text-wider/138558/9 "2025-05-16T00:48:17Z")

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Assuming you’ve tried dragging the edges of the editor to make it wider and that’s not it, you probably then have it set for fixed width.

Ctrl + ,

 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4b9ee309cb79c97cc2fad3707dac1a1603da3d5b.png)

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> [@Ed2](#):
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> In full screen mode, I cannot zoom at all.

 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/e/1eae7696bb5ce2acf1bd2e1b08381189bd953875.png)

![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8e96c69f831768b0a9102b9a992eae447393edb7.png)

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That bar appears when your mouse is at the bottom of the screen. After which it auto-hides.

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