diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/menu.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/menu.ts
index fcf209fb67..f55554a8eb 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/menu.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ export function createMenu(deps: Deps) {
         { role: "reload" },
         { role: "toggleDevTools" },
         { type: "separator" },
-        { role: "resetZoom" },
-        { role: "zoomIn" },
-        { role: "zoomOut" },
+        { label: "Actual Size", accelerator: "Cmd+0", click: () => deps.trigger("zoom.reset") },
+        { label: "Zoom In", accelerator: "Cmd+=", click: () => deps.trigger("zoom.in") },
+        { label: "Zoom Out", accelerator: "Cmd+-", click: () => deps.trigger("zoom.out") },
         { type: "separator" },
         { role: "togglefullscreen" },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
index b5cdf6c4d8..26f138f5fb 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ function injectGlobals(win: BrowserWindow, globals: Globals) {
 
 function wireZoom(win: BrowserWindow) {
   win.webContents.setZoomFactor(1)
-  win.webContents.on("zoom-changed", () => {
-    win.webContents.setZoomFactor(1)
-  })
+  // Disable Chromium's touch/pinch zoom. Keyboard and wheel zoom are handled
+  // in the renderer so the Solid `webviewZoom` signal stays the single source
+  // of truth; a stray `zoom-changed` handler here would race with the renderer
+  // and intermittently snap the factor back to 1.
+  void win.webContents.setVisualZoomLevelLimits(1, 1).catch(() => undefined)
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
index edf948d4d8..aa31dc3b64 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { render } from "solid-js/web"
 import pkg from "../../package.json"
 import { initI18n, t } from "./i18n"
 import { UPDATER_ENABLED } from "./updater"
-import { webviewZoom } from "./webview-zoom"
+import { webviewZoom, zoomIn, zoomOut, zoomReset } from "./webview-zoom"
 import "./styles.css"
 import { Button } from "@opencode-ai/ui/button"
 import { Splash } from "@opencode-ai/ui/logo"
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ const createPlatform = (): Platform => {
 
 let menuTrigger = null as null | ((id: string) => void)
 window.api.onMenuCommand((id) => {
+  if (id === "zoom.in") return zoomIn()
+  if (id === "zoom.out") return zoomOut()
+  if (id === "zoom.reset") return zoomReset()
   menuTrigger?.(id)
 })
 listenForDeepLinks()
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/webview-zoom.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/webview-zoom.ts
index 9c0a3a3a35..6ff35e2459 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/webview-zoom.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/webview-zoom.ts
@@ -11,28 +11,73 @@ const OS_NAME = (() => {
   return "unknown"
 })()
 
+const MIN_ZOOM = 0.2
+const MAX_ZOOM = 10
+const KEY_STEP = 0.2
+const WHEEL_STEP = 0.1
+
+const clamp = (value: number) => Math.min(Math.max(value, MIN_ZOOM), MAX_ZOOM)
+
 const [webviewZoom, setWebviewZoom] = createSignal(1)
 
-const MAX_ZOOM_LEVEL = 10
-const MIN_ZOOM_LEVEL = 0.2
-
-const clamp = (value: number) => Math.min(Math.max(value, MIN_ZOOM_LEVEL), MAX_ZOOM_LEVEL)
-
-const applyZoom = (next: number) => {
-  setWebviewZoom(next)
-  void window.api.setZoomFactor(next)
+const apply = (next: number) => {
+  const clamped = clamp(next)
+  if (Math.abs(clamped - webviewZoom()) < 1e-6) return
+  setWebviewZoom(clamped)
+  void window.api.setZoomFactor(clamped).catch(() => undefined)
 }
 
+export const zoomIn = () => apply(webviewZoom() + KEY_STEP)
+export const zoomOut = () => apply(webviewZoom() - KEY_STEP)
+export const zoomReset = () => apply(1)
+
+// Seed the signal from the main process so renderer and webContents agree
+// across cold starts, reloads, and HMR refreshes (which would otherwise
+// reinitialize the signal to 1 while webContents kept its prior factor).
+void window.api
+  .getZoomFactor()
+  .then((initial) => {
+    if (typeof initial === "number" && Number.isFinite(initial)) {
+      setWebviewZoom(clamp(initial))
+    }
+  })
+  .catch(() => undefined)
+
+// Keyboard accelerators. preventDefault stops Chromium's built-in zoom
+// accelerators from firing in parallel (which previously caused races).
 window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
-  if (!(OS_NAME === "macos" ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey)) return
+  const mod = OS_NAME === "macos" ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey
+  if (!mod || event.altKey) return
 
-  let newZoom = webviewZoom()
-
-  if (event.key === "-") newZoom -= 0.2
-  if (event.key === "=" || event.key === "+") newZoom += 0.2
-  if (event.key === "0") newZoom = 1
-
-  applyZoom(clamp(newZoom))
+  if (event.key === "-" || event.key === "_") {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    zoomOut()
+    return
+  }
+  if (event.key === "=" || event.key === "+") {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    zoomIn()
+    return
+  }
+  if (event.key === "0") {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    zoomReset()
+    return
+  }
 })
 
+// Wheel zoom. Chromium synthesizes `wheel` with `ctrlKey: true` for trackpad
+// pinch on every platform, so checking ctrlKey uniformly covers pinch-to-zoom
+// as well as real ctrl+scroll / cmd+scroll.
+window.addEventListener(
+  "wheel",
+  (event) => {
+    if (!event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) return
+    event.preventDefault()
+    const step = event.deltaY > 0 ? -WHEEL_STEP : WHEEL_STEP
+    apply(webviewZoom() + step)
+  },
+  { passive: false },
+)
+
 export { webviewZoom }