diff --git a/TextControlBox/Core/PointerActionsManager.cs b/TextControlBox/Core/PointerActionsManager.cs
index 9d63bce..2e21a8f 100644
--- a/TextControlBox/Core/PointerActionsManager.cs
+++ b/TextControlBox/Core/PointerActionsManager.cs
@@ -428,8 +428,11 @@ public void PointerWheelAction(ZoomManager zoomManager, PointerRoutedEventArgs e
     {
         var delta = e.GetCurrentPoint(coreTextbox.canvasSelection).Properties.MouseWheelDelta;
         bool needsUpdate = false;
-        //Zoom using mousewheel
-        if (Utils.IsKeyPressed(VirtualKey.Control))
+        //Zoom using mousewheel or a precision-touchpad pinch. A pinch gesture is delivered by
+        //Windows as a Ctrl-modified wheel, but that Control comes from the wheel message
+        //(e.KeyModifiers), not the physical keyboard state, so Utils.IsKeyPressed alone misses it.
+        //Check both so pinch-to-zoom works on precision touchpads.
+        if (Utils.IsKeyPressed(VirtualKey.Control) || e.KeyModifiers.HasFlag(VirtualKeyModifiers.Control))
         {
             zoomManager._ZoomFactor += delta / 20;
             zoomManager.UpdateZoom();