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WHY does't Firefox natively support changing the default web page zoom level like Chrome or IE?

Relaxo
Relaxo
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I've given up on asking HOW, so now I'm just trying to understand WHY.

Unless I'm mistaken, these are the only options, and their associated problems:

1. layout.css.devPixelsPerPx - changes UI along with web pages 2. Add-ons - don't work properly all the time - sometimes the fonts come out funny and the page layout changes (very different from using the native zoom if you compare side by side)

Since there's already the ability to change the zoom level of a page, why can't a different default be set? There were only two things keeping me from switching from Chrome to Firefox - changing the default zoom, and enabling "highlight all" always for searching text (which is now available - yay). Come on, how hard can it be???

I've given up on asking HOW, so now I'm just trying to understand WHY. Unless I'm mistaken, these are the only options, and their associated problems: 1. layout.css.devPixelsPerPx - changes UI along with web pages 2. Add-ons - don't work properly all the time - sometimes the fonts come out funny and the page layout changes (very different from using the native zoom if you compare side by side) Since there's already the ability to change the zoom level of a page, why can't a different default be set? There were only two things keeping me from switching from Chrome to Firefox - changing the default zoom, and enabling "highlight all" always for searching text (which is now available - yay). Come on, how hard can it be???

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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There is a bug on file to create separate scaling factors for the UI and the content. Maybe in Firefox 60.

Relaxo said

2. Add-ons - don't work properly all the time - sometimes the fonts come out funny and the page layout changes (very different from using the native zoom if you compare side by side)

Which one gave you that problem? For Firefox 57+, the lead contender in this field is: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zoom-page-we/

I haven't used it for a long time, so apologies if its Options layout has changed on the Add-ons page: