diff --git a/contributors/people.toml b/contributors/people.toml
index 23ff0917..6dbb3c6a 100644
--- a/contributors/people.toml
+++ b/contributors/people.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ display_name = "insanityxoff"
 [people.moppeeer]
 sync_github_name = true
 
+[people.PiMinusMax]
+display_name = "PiMinusMax"
+
 [people.thaynej]
 real_name = "Jeffrey Thayne"
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index c56f5b30..f15e2b4d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@ impl DesignApp {
             ctx.set_zoom_factor(scale);
         }
         if !self.styled {
+            // The UI scale is a preference (applied above); egui's own Cmd+Plus/Minus/0 would rescale the
+            // whole window instead of the canvas, only to be reset next frame.
+            ctx.options_mut(|o| o.zoom_with_keyboard = false);
             self.fonts_system = theme::install_fonts(ctx, &self.ui.language);
             self.fonts_lang = self.ui.language.clone();
             self.styled = true;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index fa1cfe5a..ec0b7e5d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -2344,10 +2344,12 @@ pub fn shortcuts(app: &mut DesignApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
         let all = effective_shortcuts(app);
         for (id, sc) in &all {
             let id = id.as_str();
+            // On layouts with a dedicated + key (German) or Shift+= (US), Cmd+= arrives as Plus.
+            let plus_for_equals = key == egui::Key::Plus;
             if let Some((m, k)) = parse_shortcut(sc)
-                && k == key
+                && (k == key || (plus_for_equals && k == egui::Key::Equals))
                 && m.command == modifiers.command
-                && m.shift == modifiers.shift
+                && (m.shift == modifiers.shift || (plus_for_equals && !m.shift))
                 && m.alt == modifiers.alt
                 && (m.command || m.alt || !typing)
                 && !(id == "edit.clear" && typing)
@@ -3322,6 +3324,49 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app.session.tool_id(), "rectangleFrame");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cmd_plus_zooms_the_canvas_not_the_window() {
+        // A German keyboard has its own + key, so Cmd+= arrives as Plus; it must zoom the canvas like
+        // Cmd+- does, not hand the key to egui's whole-window zoom.
+        let mut app = crate::DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+        app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let frame = |app: &mut crate::DesignApp, events: Vec<egui::Event>| {
+            let input = egui::RawInput {
+                screen_rect: Some(egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(1400.0, 900.0))),
+                events,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let mut out = ctx.run_ui(input, |ui| {
+                app.logic(&ui.ctx().clone());
+                app.ui(ui);
+            });
+            out.textures_delta.clear();
+        };
+        let key = |k: egui::Key, modifiers: egui::Modifiers| {
+            vec![
+                egui::Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers },
+                egui::Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: false, repeat: false, modifiers },
+            ]
+        };
+        frame(&mut app, vec![]);
+        frame(&mut app, vec![]);
+        let scale = ctx.zoom_factor();
+        for (k, m, zooms_in) in [
+            (egui::Key::Plus, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND, true),
+            (egui::Key::Plus, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND | egui::Modifiers::SHIFT, true),
+            (egui::Key::Equals, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND, true),
+            (egui::Key::Minus, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND, false),
+        ] {
+            let z0 = app.view().unwrap().zoom;
+            frame(&mut app, key(k, m));
+            frame(&mut app, vec![]);
+            let z = app.view().unwrap().zoom;
+            assert!(if zooms_in { z > z0 } else { z < z0 }, "{k:?} {m:?}: {z0} -> {z}");
+            assert_eq!(ctx.zoom_factor(), scale, "{k:?} {m:?} leaves the UI scale alone");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn the_quick_apply_shortcut_opens_it_without_running_an_entry() {
         let mut app = crate::DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());