diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
index 712131d68b..33da94c7c1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "DemoMode.h"
 #include "TextureMapping.h"
 #include "Utilities.h"
+#include "NavigationStyle.h"
 
 #include <Base/Console.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
@@ -1817,13 +1818,7 @@ void StdViewZoomIn::activated(int iMsg)
     View3DInventor* view = qobject_cast<View3DInventor*>(getMainWindow()->activeWindow());
     if ( view ) {
         View3DInventorViewer* viewer = view->getViewer();
-
-        // send an event to the GL widget to use the internal View3DInventorViewer::zoom() method
-        // do only one step to zoom in 
-        SoMouseButtonEvent e;
-        e.setButton(SoMouseButtonEvent::BUTTON5);
-        e.setState(SoMouseButtonEvent::DOWN);
-        viewer->sendSoEvent(&e);
+        viewer->navigationStyle()->zoomIn();
     }
 }
 
@@ -1857,12 +1852,7 @@ void StdViewZoomOut::activated(int iMsg)
     View3DInventor* view = qobject_cast<View3DInventor*>(getMainWindow()->activeWindow());
     if (view) {
         View3DInventorViewer* viewer = view->getViewer();
-        // send an event to the GL widget to use the internal View3DInventorViewer::zoom() method
-        // do only one step to zoom out 
-        SoMouseButtonEvent e;
-        e.setButton(SoMouseButtonEvent::BUTTON4);
-        e.setState(SoMouseButtonEvent::DOWN);
-        viewer->sendSoEvent(&e);
+        viewer->navigationStyle()->zoomOut();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
index 192cb7ae5a..30f5ecf402 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
@@ -721,6 +721,16 @@ void NavigationStyle::zoomByCursor(const SbVec2f & thispos, const SbVec2f & prev
     zoom(viewer->getCamera(), (thispos[1] - prevpos[1]) * 10.0f/*20.0f*/);
 }
 
+void NavigationStyle::zoomIn()
+{
+    zoom(viewer->getCamera(), -this->zoomStep);
+}
+
+void NavigationStyle::zoomOut()
+{
+    zoom(viewer->getCamera(), this->zoomStep);
+}
+
 void NavigationStyle::doZoom(SoCamera* camera, SbBool forward, const SbVec2f& pos)
 {
     SbBool zoomAtCur = this->zoomAtCursor;
diff --git a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
index 7644a73403..b6d4e20e66 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
+++ b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public:
     void setZoomStep(float);
     void setZoomAtCursor(SbBool);
     SbBool isZoomAtCursor() const;
+    void zoomIn();
+    void zoomOut();
 
     void updateAnimation();
     void redraw();