There are two modes in Pixelmator:
Standard mode
Full-screen mode
When you launch Pixelmator, it opens in standard mode. When you do not want to be distracted by your desktop or other open documents, you may want to use Full-screen mode.
Use
F to cycle through screen modes.
For maximum working space use
Tab ⇥ - to hide or show all palettes.
To use Full-screen mode, do one of the following:
- Choose
- Click on the Full screen mode button
in the Tools palette.
To exit from Full-screen mode click on
in Tools palette.
Hold down the
Spacebar to temporarily use
Scrolling through image
Zoom in or out
- Use the
Zoom tool. Learn more...
- Hold down Option ⌥ and scroll with mouse wheel.
- Choose or
Actual Pixels
opt ⌥ +
cmd ⌘ +
0 Double-click the

to show actual pixels.
The 100% view of an image displays an image as it will appear in a browser. To change the view to 100%:
Fit in Window
cmd ⌘ +
0 Double-click the

to fit in window.
To change the view to fit in the document window: