Multi-touch Zoom

Not needed in latest FF Adds missing feature of Firefox: Smooth zooming with the pinch gesture on a trackpad Non-multi-touch users can still smooth zoom by scrolling and holding down the SHIFT key Thanks to Marek Polakovic for the gesture icon

Multi-touch Zoom Add-on for Firefox: Smooth Zooming Experience

'Multi-touch Zoom' is a Firefox extension that enhances your browsing experience by implementing a smoother zooming feature. It is specifically designed for trackpad users to zoom using a pinch gesture, providing a user experience similar to Chrome and Safari. However, non-multi-touch users are not left out, as they can smoothly zoom by scrolling while holding the SHIFT key. This add-on requires Firefox 55 or above and may not work on certain pages where addons are disabled.
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Add-on stats

By: haxiomic
Users: 2,525
-39
Rating: 4.58
(191)
Version: 0.95 (Last updated: 2019-06-10)
Creation date: 2017-12-05
Weekly download count: 15
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 97.91K
URLs: Website

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# 1,779 ▼ 16
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Update: Native smooth zoom is starting to appear in newer Firefox builds. Try enabling it by going to about:config in the url and setting apz.allow_zooming to true. If that works for you then you don't need to use this plugin :)

This extension adds support for smooth zooming with the pinch gesture on a trackpad. It's been designed to match the behavior of Chrome and Safari.

Make sure all the "browser.gesture.pinch" settings in about:config have been reset to empty, otherwise it wont work properly

GitHub user QWERTYUIOPYOZO has recently developed Windows touchscreen support, please test it out and leave feedback on GitHub :)

Non-multi-touch users can still smooth zoom by scrolling and holding down the SHIFT

Zoom can be reset by pressing ⌘ and 0 on macOS or CTRL and 0 on Windows

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Pros
  • Great concept that needs to be implemented into the browser
  • Ability to configure the add-on using 'about:config'
  • Allows for touchscreen pinch-to-zoom support
Cons
  • Currently not functional with Firefox v118.0.2
  • Breaks YouTube playback in fullscreen after touching a touchscreen
  • Touchpad pinching and zooming is reportedly slow
Most mentioned
  • Configuration via 'about:config'
  • Extension not currently working
  • Pinch-to-zoom functionality
User reviews
Three and not one star ONLY because I don't want to kill this extension rating (given all the effort put into this project, as seen on the github). However, this extension doesn't work currently (firefox v118.0.2) and apparently hasn't for a long time already. It's a shame, we were this close to having such an important tool. Hope the project will be forked and fixed one day !
by Firefox user 16781859, 2023-10-12
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Multi-touch Zoom requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Multi-touch Zoom has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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