# Auto zoom designated place

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-zoom-designated-place/75129>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective, scripting\
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-zoom-designated-place/75129 "2023-06-16T09:23:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Adarsh\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adarsh\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_K)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-zoom-designated-place/75129/1 "2023-06-16T09:23:57Z")

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Hi I need to pan the screen to designated place in screen and zoom in that component on button click . Do we have any feasibility to do this using ignition scripting capability?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-zoom-designated-place/75129/2 "2023-06-16T09:31:30Z")

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you can try with using focus() on the element you want to center...  
if that doesnt work you'll have to use jsinjection i guess

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Taylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chris_taylor/32/3315_2.png) [@Chris\_Taylor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-zoom-designated-place/75129/3 "2023-06-17T12:10:31Z")

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