# Accidental toolbar expansion

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796>\
**Category:** SketchUp Free\
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796 "2018-03-09T16:49:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Aesgarth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Aesgarth](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Aesgarth)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/1 "2018-03-09T16:50:00Z")

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So i’ve accidentally done this:

 ![Untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/e/7/e78c19f158400f3a891afa8ccf94aef9efdb325b.jpg)

done by pressing ctrl +

and i can’t undo it. ctrl - doesn’t work…

can someone tell me how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/2 "2018-03-09T16:51:19Z")

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Click on the magnifying glass icon at the right end of the address bar at the top. Then reset the scale of the window.  
 ![Screenshot%20-%203_9_2018%20%2C%2010_52_54%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/1/0/106da5f4aa4f74cdaf26a711ea444e8d7e095656.png)

Ctrl with the scroll wheel scales the window.

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**Author:** ![sjdorst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sjdorst/32/13212_2.png) [@sjdorst](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/sjdorst)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/3 "2018-03-09T16:52:31Z")

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Control + and - are Windows zoom controls. There is one more:  
Did you try \<ctrl\>0  
It resets the zoom level to 100%  
Note that that’s zero - the number, not the letter O!

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**Author:** ![Aesgarth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Aesgarth](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Aesgarth)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/4 "2018-03-09T16:55:43Z")

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Thank you. ctrl - didn’t do it but ctrl 0 did.

much appreciated 🙂

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**Author:** ![Aesgarth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Aesgarth](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Aesgarth)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/5 "2018-03-09T16:58:48Z")

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It does leave me with a new problem though - how to increase the number of sides on a polygon, since the instructions on the bottom bar say ctrl + or -

ctrl - does reduce them…

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/6 "2018-03-09T16:59:01Z")

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On Mac, just substitute the command key for control, and the same zooms work.

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/7 "2018-03-09T17:05:12Z")

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You could just edit the number of sides in Entity Info.  
 ![circle](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/e/6e735ab810c594c5f6a49bb9efca19dc5dcb6b1c.gif)

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**Author:** ![McGordon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@McGordon](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/McGordon)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/8 "2018-03-09T17:17:07Z")

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Just type the number of sides followed by ‘s’ then press return or enter like this for an octagon:  
8s

If you see the word “Sides” next to the Value Control Box at the bottom right of the window, you don’t need the ‘s’ just type the number and then return.

After the first click while drawing the polygon, it will say “Inscribed Radius” next to the VCB. If you type a number at this point, it’ll set the radius but you can still specify the number of sides if you put an ‘s’ after the number.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidental-toolbar-expansion/63796/9 "2018-06-09T09:17:09Z")

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Closed on June 9, 2018, 9:17am UTC

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