Avoid jumping in view port when leaving side / front view

[Tobias Krause]

Something which really drives me crazy at the moment is a big jump in 3d viewport when I use front or side view (with Numpad 1 or 3) and then leave this view by rotating the viewport with my middle mouse button. Esspecially when I moved in any way while in front or side view (for example up and down or zooming) – as soon as I start to rotate the scene by pressing the middle mouse button I completely “loose” the object and I need to navigate back to the object in the viewport.

I realized that these front and side views are always orthopgraphic view and as soon as I press the middle mouse button this changes to perspective which mainly causes this big jump I think. How can I avoid these jumps when I often need to change between front / side view and then I need to rotate the view?! 

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Hey Tobias,
Pressing . on the numpad focuses the view around the selected object.
You may also want to check your navigation settings in the preferences.

[Omar Domenech]

Don’t worry, it’s normal behavior, you’ll get used to that. As Adrian said, just use the period on the numpad to focus the view on your selected object.

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