# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom support

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

All four members concern adding Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom to the desktop app. Three are feature-style titles (one referencing #40295) and one is labeled as a Desktop UX request; their status and details are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #67029. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #67029 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-67029`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #40295: \[Desktop UX\]: Support Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67029: feat(desktop): support Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom (#40295)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
  - fix hunks:
  - `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`

    ```diff
    @@ -4984,6 +4984,18 @@ function installZoomShortcuts(window) {
           setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, window.webContents.getZoomLevel() - ZOOM_STEP)
         }
       })
    +
    +  // Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel — the standard desktop/browser zoom gesture
    +  // (#40295). Chromium surfaces it as the main-process 'zoom-changed' event
    +  // (wheel events are DOM-side, so before-input-event never sees them).
    +  // Route through the same persist+notify funnel as the keyboard shortcuts
    +  // so wheel zoom survives restarts and the settings Scale control stays in
    +  // sync, and use the same half step for consistency.
    +  window.webContents.on('zoom-changed', (event, zoomDirection) => {
    +    event.preventDefault()
    +    const delta = zoomDirection === 'in' ? ZOOM_STEP : -ZOOM_STEP
    +    setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, window.webContents.getZoomLevel() + delta)
    +  })
     }
     
     function installContextMenu(window) {
    ```
- **#40401: feat(desktop): add Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom support**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40414`
- **#40414: feat(desktop): support Ctrl/Cmd + mouse wheel zoom**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67029`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #67029 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`