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EstragonHel mer
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7/2/13 2:49 PM
UPDATE! Thi s questi on i s not marked as answered, as the i ssue i s a new 'feature' of Fi refox 22, and i f you read al l the comments you'd see that. Cl earl y, wi th the l arge vol ume of 'new' answers comi ng i n sayi ng
the same thi ng over and over, peopl e aren't, so I'l l say i t here: THERE IS NO NEED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION ANY MORE.
I recentl y asked about my UI bei ng bi g and fuzzy, and managed to get that fi xed i n the about:confi g, but websi tes are sti l l bi g.
For some reason, the defaul t zoom (ctrl +0) i s at 120%.
I tri ed the Ful l Zoom and NoSqui nt addons, but both had one i ssue. They messed up the top l evel i mage vi ew (whi ch for me works wi th the ol d defaul t i mage styl e addon) and made the unzoomed i mage a bi t
bi gger than my screen, and the magni fyi ng gl ass i con whi ch shoul d appear wi th a + or - i n i t when I mouse over the i mage i s j ust a regul ar mouse poi nter i nstead.
How can I reset the defaul t zoom to be 100% (or preferabl y about 80% because even 100 seems to be overcompensati ng for my hi gh dpi screen) wi thout an addon messi ng up my defaul t i mage vi ew?
Further detai l s. If I di sabl e the 'ol d defaul t i mage styl e' addon, the top l evel i mage vi ew works fi ne wi th the NoSqui nt or Ful l Zoom addons.
Modi fi ed Jul y 7, 2013 3:06:29 AM PDT by EstragonHel mer
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hel l o, fi refox 22 i s now respecti ng the pi xel densi ty you've set on a system l evel i n the wi ndows control panel > appearance > di spl ay. more i nformati on about that i s avai l abl e at http://wi ndows.mi crosoft.com
/en-us/wi ndows7/make-the-text-on-your-screen-l arger-or-smal l er
i f you want to set the text si ze/pi xel densi ty i n fi refox di fferent from that of your system's setti ngs l i ke i t was handl ed i n pri or versi ons, enter about:config i nto the fi refox address bar (confi rm the i nfo message i n
case i t shows up) & search for the preference named layout.css.devPixelsPerPx. doubl e-cl i ck i t and change i ts val ue to 1.0 (or any other zoom factor that fi ts your purpose; -1.0 i s the defaul t val ue and wi l l
adhere to the system setti ngs).
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phi l i pp
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7/2/13 2:54 PM
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hel l o, fi refox 22 i s now respecti ng the pi xel densi ty you've set on a system l evel i n the wi ndows control panel > appearance > di spl ay. more i nformati on about that i s avai l abl e at http://wi ndows.mi crosoft.com
/en-us/wi ndows7/make-the-text-on-your-screen-l arger-or-smal l er
i f you want to set the text si ze/pi xel densi ty i n fi refox di fferent from that of your system's setti ngs l i ke i t was handl ed i n pri or versi ons, enter about:config i nto the fi refox address bar (confi rm the i nfo message i n
case i t shows up) & search for the preference named layout.css.devPixelsPerPx. doubl e-cl i ck i t and change i ts val ue to 1.0 (or any other zoom factor that fi ts your purpose; -1.0 i s the defaul t val ue and wi l l
adhere to the system setti ngs).
EstragonHel mer
Posted
7/2/13 2:57 PM
Question owner
The l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx. does not affect the zoom l evel on websi tes, i t onl y worked on the UI. Thi s was the thi ng I meant when I sai d the about:confi g.
I haven't tri ed changi ng the Wi ndows setti ng, but as far as possi bl e, I'd l i ke to avoi d i t, as i t may make menus and other OS el ements more di fi cul t to use.
asafi sk 0 sol uti ons 1 answers
Posted
7/3/13 7:17 AM
I al so have a hi gh dpi screen and am not happy wi th thi s update i n v.22. As a web devel oper, I absol utel y l ove Fi refox otherwi se.
In my experi ence, I can use l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx = 1.0 to fi x the zoom i ssue for websi tes but now I can't read the UI text because i t's so smal l .
Surely the default zoom (no zoom) should render a 200px image as 200px.
It woul d make sense to be abl e to control the zoom of the UI i ndependentl y from the zoom of the webpage.
Yes I coul d change the font si ze setti ng i n Wi ndows but i f I do that everythi ng el se goes ti ny.
Pl ease Fi refox devs, fi x i t so that 200px means 200px by defaul t and al l ow the user to zoom i n and out i f they want to. I bel i eve thi s i s what most of us woul d expect.
EstragonHel mer
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7/3/13 7:20 AM
Question owner
Yes, the addon causi ng i ssues wasn't NoSqi nt or Ful l Zoom, i t was the Ol d Defaul t Image Vi ew, used WITH NoSqui nt or Ful l Zoom.
I fi xed i t by turni ng of ol d i mage vi ew, but I real l y hate the new top l evel i mage wi th the dark background and the centred page, whi ch i s why I coul d do wi th al l these addons worki ng together. For now, I'l l have
to get used to the new i mage vi ew as I'd rather keep Ful l Zoom.
phi l i pp
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7/3/13 7:22 AM
Hel l o asafi sk, fi rst adj ust the l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx preference that fi ts the zoom factor for the UI.
If web pages sti l l need to be adj usted then you can l ook at the Defaul t Ful l Zoom Level or NoSqui nt extensi on to set a general zoom l evel for websi tes.
Thank you.
ad_verbum 1 sol uti ons 9 answers
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7/3/13 7:40 AM
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After i nstal ati on newest FF versi on (22) al l pages are rendered wi th bi gger font si ze than wi th previ ous FF (21) versi on. It i s very annoyi ng as at every page I'm vi si ti ng I need manual l y adj ust ("Ctrl " -) proper font
si ze.
I found thi s i nformati on: "fi refox 22 i s now respecti ng the pi xel densi ty you've set on a systeml evel i n the wi ndows control panel > appearance > di spl ay."
I don't understand why i t was done. I have bigger than default (120%) pixel density because I want to have bigger fonts in UI, but only in UI, not in the web content. I ful l y agree wi th asafi sk words: "Pl ease
Fi refox devs, fi x i t so that 200px means 200px by defaul t and al l ow the user to zoomi n and out i f they want to. I bel i eve thi s i s what most of us woul d expect."
Changi ng property "l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx" to 1.0 isn't solution as I don't want to change FF UI font si ze but web content font si ze!
I'm aski ng how may I get web pages l ooki ng correctl y wi th FF22?
Modi fi ed Jul y 3, 2013 7:43:13 AM PDT by ad_verbum
vkapyri na 0 sol uti ons 1 answers
Posted
7/4/13 3:18 AM
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Have the same i ssue after updati ng to v.22. Its awful ! I cant zoom out every page. It i s usel ess. Pl ease sol ve thi s i ssue as fast as possi bl e. I am devel oper and i ts i mpossi bl e to work wi th Fi refox now. I l ove thi s
browser but thi s update messed i t up!
Echo00 0 sol uti ons 1 answers
Posted
7/4/13 3:41 PM
What a stupi d thi ng to do! Do they thi nk we were unhappy wi th the way previ ous versi ons rendered text?
I have temporari l y sol ved the probl em by reverti ng to FF 21. I al so changed my opti ons NOT to update automati cal l y. If they don't get thi s stupi d change reversed, I may be usi ng FF 21 for the rest of my l i fe.
Mi shGEA 0 sol uti ons 1 answers
Posted
7/5/13 10:10 AM
Total l y agree thi s was an asi ni ne thi ng to do. I struggl ed wi th thi s for hours and i t i s excepti onal l y annoyi ng (at best) to have Fi refox autoadj ust l i ke i t does.
Everythi ng i s no bl urry and my own websi te l ooks awful . Goi ng back to 21
John99
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7/6/13 8:56 AM
I thi nk a l ot of us woul d agree that Fi refox coul d have handl ed thi s better. It was after al l a del i berate change to Fi refox. (Intended to gi ve better support for Hi Dpi screens supported by modern Operati ng Sytems)
I al so thi nk a l ot of users woul d agree that bei ng abl e to zoom content and the User Interface (Chrome) separatel y from an easi l y accessi bl e menu opti on woul d be good i dea.
Al l we do on thi s forum i s have users tryi ng to hel p other users wi th probl ems. We do not di scuss devel opment i ssues and deci si ons here, and you can not expect devel oper attenti on by posti ng here.
If you wish to make a short comment please use
https://i nput.mozi l l a.org/en-US/feedback
If enough uses compl ai n maybe at l east the message that you are unhappy wi th the change wi l l be noted, possi bl y then someone wi l l even consi der maki ng an i mprovement.
Not sure i f there i s any devel opment forum where such comments woul d be consi dered on topi c but you can l ook through the l i sti ng:
http://www.mozi l l a.org/about/forums/#general -devel opment
By al l means al so add me-too votes i n thi s thread or vote on hel pful answers, but actual l y posti ng comments i s rather poi ntl ess, unl ess i t i s a new workaround that has not al ready been menti oned.
Useful l i nks:
phi l i pp has al ready posted thi s l i nk about Wi ndows font si zes and resol uti on
http://wi ndows.mi crosoft.com/en-us/wi ndows7/make-the-text-on-your-screen-l arger-or-smal l er
and an arti cl e wri tten descri bi ng a workaround i s
Webpages are l arge and bl urry after updati ng Fi refox - how to fi x
a standard answer that may have sl i ghtl y di fferent sol uti on i s here
Forum Response - Zoom feature on Fi refox 22
wi th standard i nformati on about zoomi ng here:
Font si ze and zoom - i ncrease the si ze of web pages
Obvi ousl y i t al so al l ows you to decrease the si zes
the no squi nt add on that can work wonders for customi si ng si zes on i ndi vi dual websi tes and i s hel pful i f you had a mi smatch between the menus si ze, graphi cs and the text of a webpage
https://addons.mozi l l a.org/en-US/fi refox/addon/nosqui nt/
A l ast resort opti on or for those wanti ng even more control of how thi ngs di spl ay i s to use Grease Monkey scri pts
https://en.wi ki pedi a.org/wi ki /Greasemonkey
https://addons.mozi l l a.org/en-US/fi refox/addon/greasemonkey/
P.S.
thi s add-on al so may hel p as a rel ati vl y pai nl ess sol uti on to the font and text si ze probl ems after upgradi ng to Fi refox 22
https://addons.mozi l l a.org/en-us/fi refox/addon/theme-font-si ze-changer/
Modi fi ed Jul y 6, 2013 9:26:24 AM PDT by John99
John99
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7/6/13 9:11 AM
Mi shGEA,
Totally agree this was an asinine thing to do. I struggled with this for hours and it is exceptionally annoying (at best) to have Firefox autoadjust like it does.
Everything is no blurry and my own website looks awful. Going back to 21
I do sympathi se but It i s unwi se to use an unsupported versi on of Fi refox.It i s i nsecure and i ncreases ri sk to your personal data and to your System.
Instal l an ol der versi on of Fi refox
May I suggest a better al ternati ve may be to fol l ow the i nstructi ons gi ven i n some of the l i nks above. In parti cul ar pl ease note that usi ng about:confi g
http://kb.mozi l l azi ne.org/About:confi g
and changi ng the preference l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx val ue from -1.0 to 1.0 may be the maj or change between Fi rfox 21and 22 that i s causi ng a probl em and can be reversed.
To modi fy i t do the fol l owi ng:
Type about:config i nto the Fi refox address bar and tap on the Enter key.
If the warni ng This might void your warranty appears, cl i ck I'll be careful, I promise.
Search for layout.css.devPixelsPerPx
Doubl e-cl i ck on l ayout.css.devPi xel sPerPx to modi fy i ts val ue. The defaul t i s -1.0 i n Fi refox 22 and above. Change i t to 1.0 to make i t work l i ke i n previ ous Fi refox versi ons.
There are further tweaks possi bl e but that i s the mai n change.
John99
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7/6/13 9:23 AM
I forgot to menti on thi s i s al so an add-o that can hel p those havi ng probl ems wi th bl urry fonts and wrong si ze text after upgradi ng to Fi refox 22
https://addons.mozi l l a.org/en-us/fi refox/addon/theme-font-si ze-changer/
mackynyxz86 0 sol uti ons 1 answers
Posted
7/6/13 9:11 PM
Hi when my fi refox updated to ver22 i t seems that the webpages are zoom when i cl i ck ctr + 0 whi ch i s the defaul t of al l pages i t seems very zoom why i s thi s happeni ng to ff?? to al l the ff dev pl s fi x thi s i ts so
annoyi ng
John99
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7/7/13 3:06 AM
EVERYONE,
If you have a probl em wi th zoom and l arge text i n Wi ndows pl ease read thi s thread and the l i nked arti cl es. If that does not sol ve your probl ems pl ease start your own thread usi ng /questi ons/new
You wi l l not recei ve devel oper attenti on posti ng i n thi s forum. Al l you are doi ng i s posti ng i n a user hel p forum where users hel p other users. If you wi sh to have a comment l ogged pl ease use
https://i nput.mozi l l a.org/en-US/feedback
EXPLANATION
mackynyxz86,
As I understand i t the probl em stems from the need for Fi refox to work on very many devi ce types and a l arge range of di spl ays of di fferi ng si zes and a wi de range of screen resol uti ons.
In parti cul ar some newer Operati ng Systems now support very hi gh Dot Per Inch setti ngs. Del i berate changes to Fi refox to hel p users of these very hi gh resol uti on screens i s unfortunatel y affecti ng many users. It i s
perhaps a change that coul d have been i mpl emented better.
If you need to zoom a parti cul ar si te Fi refox shoul d remember the setti ngs and so you shoul d be ok when next revi si ti ng that si te.
If you are havi ng other probl ems wi th smal l i cons l arge text or bl urry fonts pl ease refer to thi s hel p arti cl e
Webpages are l arge and bl urry after updati ng Fi refox - how to fi x
and for general i nformati on Font si ze and zoom - i ncrease the si ze of web pages
and Wi ndows Setti ngs on Di spl ay si zes http://wi ndows.mi crosoft.com/en-us/wi ndows7/make-the-text-on-your-screen-l arger-or-smal l er
possi bl y thi s add-on may hel p wi th some probl ems
https://addons.mozi l l a.org/en-US/fi refox/addon/nosqui nt/
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