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How to set firefox to center a full-size image where I click

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Arcite
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Until recently, if I opened an image in a Firefox tab, and then clicked on it to zoom in to actual size, Firefox would center the image where I clicked. That is, it would position the image such that the point I clicked on would be in the center of the screen, and I could then scroll up-down or left-right from there. At some point, this changed. Now, when I click to view a full-size image, it positions it so that I'm zoomed in on the upper-left corner of the image.

Is this some default behavior that changed in a recent update? Is there a setting I could set to make it go back to the way it used to be?

Until recently, if I opened an image in a Firefox tab, and then clicked on it to zoom in to actual size, Firefox would center the image where I clicked. That is, it would position the image such that the point I clicked on would be in the center of the screen, and I could then scroll up-down or left-right from there. At some point, this changed. Now, when I click to view a full-size image, it positions it so that I'm zoomed in on the upper-left corner of the image. Is this some default behavior that changed in a recent update? Is there a setting I could set to make it go back to the way it used to be?

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FFus3r
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  • Type about:config into the address bar,
  • Type browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing in the Filter bar and hit enter,
  • double click it and the value should change to false.
cor-el
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For me it centers where I click in the current Firefox release, so try to click in the center position to see if that works. If I click top left then the image center in that position.

This means that you can center the image with a double-click in any position.

Modified by cor-el

Arcite
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FFus3r said

  • Type about:config into the address bar,
  • Type browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing in the Filter bar and hit enter,
  • double click it and the value should change to false.

That had no effect.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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On Windows 7, Firefox 62 seems to center the clicked point within the tab's content area as best it can, considering where the point is in the image and its dimensions. I don't know whether add-ons or custom style rules could affect it.

cor-el
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If the image isn't centered in the position you click then an extension might be interfering.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window