pinchtozoomout

Pinch to zoom out is a common user interface gesture used on touch-screen devices. It allows a user to reduce the scale of content displayed on the screen, making it appear smaller and showing more of the surrounding area. The gesture typically involves placing two fingers on the screen and moving them apart from each other. This action is the inverse of the "pinch to zoom in" gesture, which involves moving two fingers closer together to enlarge content.

This functionality is widely implemented in applications such as web browsers, image viewers, maps, and document editors. It provides an intuitive and efficient way for users to navigate and view information at different levels of detail without the need for dedicated zoom buttons or menus. The effectiveness of pinch to zoom out relies on the device's touch sensitivity and the software's ability to interpret the finger movement as a zoom-out command. The implementation and visual feedback can vary slightly between different operating systems and applications, but the core functionality remains consistent.