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How to let firefox "zoom" without change the layout of the page, like that in Chrome, and Safari

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klecksography
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I often use trackpad to zoom in. In chrome this does not change the page layout, the display percentage. It's just like a magnifier. This is a handy function, and I want to know how to have this for firefox?

I often use trackpad to zoom in. In chrome this does not change the page layout, the display percentage. It's just like a magnifier. This is a handy function, and I want to know how to have this for firefox?

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Happy112
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Hi   ! 'Sure hope that this is what you're looking for:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pinch-to-zoom-firefox-osx/

klecksography
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Hi, thank you Happy112. This add-on smooths zooming. But still it works in the same way as Firefox's default zoom. Safari and Chrome has a different mechanism. They have two "zooms". One changes the page layout which is done by command + plus/minus. Another just acts like a magnifier without changing the rendition of the page, which is done through trackpad. I really want to have the second type of zoom for Firefox.

Happy112
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Hi   again   !
This might be just what you're looking for   (I hope   ! ) :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nosquint-plus/?src=search