Appendix A Accessibility 163
Turn Zoom on or o. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom. Or, use the Accessibility
Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 151.
Zoom in or out. With Zoom turned on, double-tap the screen with three ngers.
Adjust the magnication. Double-tap with three ngers, then drag up or down. The tap-and-
drag gesture is similar to a double-tap, except you don’t lift your ngers on the second tap—
instead, drag your ngers on the screen. You can also triple-tap with three ngers, then drag
the Zoom Level slider in the controls that appear. To limit the maximum magnication, go to
Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom > Maximum Zoom Level.
Pan to see more. Drag the screen with three ngers. Or, hold your nger near the edge of the
screen to pan to that side. Move your nger closer to the edge to pan more quickly.
Switch between Full Screen Zoom and Window Zoom. Triple-tap with three ngers, then tap
Window Zoom or Full Screen Zoom in the zoom controls that appear. To choose the mode that’s
used when you turn on Zoom, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom > Zoom Region.
Resize the zoom window (Window Zoom). Triple-tap with three ngers, tap Resize Lens, then
drag any of the round handles that appear.
Move the zoom window (Window Zoom). Drag the handle at the bottom of the zoom window.
Show the zoom controller. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Show
Controller, or triple-tap with three ngers, then choose Show Controller. Then you can double-
tap the oating Zoom Controls button to zoom in or out, single-tap the button to display the
zoom controls, or drag it to pan. To move the Zoom Controls button, tap and hold the button,
then drag it to a new location. To adjust the transparency of the zoom controller, go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > Zoom > Idle Visibility.
Have Zoom track your selections or the text insertion point. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > Zoom > Follow Focus. Then, for example, if you use VoiceOver, turning on this
option causes the zoom window to magnify each element on the screen as you select it using a
swipe in VoiceOver.
Zoom in on your typing without magnifying the keyboard. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Follow Focus and turn o Zoom Keyboard. When you zoom in
while typing (in Messages or Notes, for example), the text you type is magnied while all of the
keyboard remains visible.
Display the magnied part of the screen in grayscale or inverted color. Triple-tap with three
ngers, then tap Choose Filter in the zoom controls that appear.
While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard, the screen image follows the insertion point,
keeping it in the center of the display. See Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard on page 32.
If you have iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, you can turn on Display Zoom to see larger onscreen
controls. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > View.
Invert Colors and Grayscale
Sometimes, inverting the colors or changing to grayscale on the iPhone screen makes it easier
to read.
Invert the screen colors. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Invert Colors.
See the screen in grayscale. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Grayscale.
Turn on both eects to see inverted grayscale. You can also apply these eects to just the
contents of the zoom window—see Zoom on page 162.
