No Workspace Zoom in Expression Blend 3!

I found out today that there’s no zoom option available in Expression Blend 3 for the workspace. As you can see from the screen shot below, in Expression Blend 2 you can specify how much the whole workspace is zoomed in by.

Expression Blend 2 workspace options.

This was a really useful feature, and I was particular looking to use it for enlarging unfamiliar sections of the UI so I could quickly check out what new buttons do etc. In Expression Blend 3 the zoom workspace option has been removed, as seen below.

Expression Blend 3 workspace options.

I was rather disappointed to learn this, but apparently this feature may make a return in some future version of Blend according to the Expression Blend program manager. Let’s hope so..

Roll on Expression Blend 4!

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