Zoom Block
Disable zooming by default. Re-enable zooming on a per-tab basis by clicking the Zoom Block icon.
Total ratings
4.16
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works well for disabling pinch-to-zoom
- Helps accessibility for users sensitive to unintentional zooming
- Offers relief from unwanted zoom changes (e.g., on trackpads)
- Minimal permissions required
- Provides a straightforward solution for zoom management
Cons
- Doesn't consistently work on all pages or Chrome settings
- Requires manual toggling to activate on page loads
- Does not maintain zoom settings on a per-site basis
- May reset zoom to 100% instead of maintaining a desired setting
- Issues reported on certain versions of Chrome (e.g., Linux) and specific situations
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work at all
- Works great after toggling it off and on
- Helps with accidental zooming
- Thankful for the extension despite Chrome's limitations
- Needs improvement on preserving zoom settings
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Recent rating average:
3.50
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-15 |  | | en | Doesn't work at all, on multiple sites and pages. |
| 2024-12-05 |  | | en | Praise the Lord! [And Zoom Block] Come on Chrome people, let's have this baked in as a default. Like tabs recovery you have added lately - so my reliance on session buddy has reduced. |
| 2024-11-11 |  | | en | thank's for your extension ! |
| 2024-10-21 |  | | en | I definitely like that zooming is disabled in Chrome by default. I have been plagued by "random and inopportune" zooming, especially when I use any of my laptops, each having a track pad between me and the keys. I'm sure that I'm the cause the zooming and have been wanting to disable zooming for a long time. 1) After installation, the icon didn't show up on the toolbar as shown in the description. After some hunting, I ended up at the extension settings and saw it was on, but it wasn't set to be pinned to the toolbar, so I enabled that setting. 2) The icon was grayed out on my current tab (the extension settings). While the description doesn't say it works with ALL Chrome pages, I assumed it did from the description. After more hunting, I found that one of the FAQs stated that the extension does not work with some pages, including Chrome settings. It also doesn't work on the Chrome Web Store page. 3) When Zoom Block is disabled on a tab and is Chrome closed, Zoom Block is enabled in the tab when Chrome is started, with "Continue where you left off." It'd be nice if the setting was "preserved" for each tab Don't know if this same issue happens after Chrome crashes, after Chrome restarts from an update, a tab is reopened after closing, or after being closed on Windows shutdown. There's probably other situations. Will try to add to issue site for consideration. P.S. Definitely doesn't fully work on Chrome. Unfortunately don't know what I did to cause the pane to zoom to ~110%, although I'm sure it has something to do with the track pad and me typing. Extension was enabled and Chrome was on a "regular" page, Yahoo mail. Chrome said it was still zoomed to 80% and the zoom setting was locked. Only restoration was to close Chrome and start it to get the affected tab back to 80%. After disabling the extension, I was able to change the zoom setting. I did update Chrome earlier today. |
| 2024-09-06 |  | | en | Just doesn't work |
| 2024-07-31 |  | | en | Works really well to help with Accessibility for users where pinch-to-zoom is more an encumbrance than a feature. I have put a request on the GitHub website if this code can be updated by the author or forked to continue the excellent accessibility feature so far. Updated 12 Aug 24: Put the above message into GitHub and the author has very kindly updated the extension to Manifest v3 (and responded). 5 stars! |
| 2024-08-02 |  | | en | Great extension, works perfectly !!! Hopefully the developer will update it so it continues to be available!!! |
| 2024-07-27 |  | | en | Hopefully the dev will update this to the new extension API or Google will automatically disable the extension soon. 5 stars as it has worked like a charm for years. (And for now). |
| 2024-07-04 |  | | en | Installed on my grandmother pc so she would stop bothering me constantly about facebook being zoomed in. Works amazing. Thank you. |
| 2024-03-04 |  | | en | Does not appear to be working on Chrome 123.0.6312.22 for me (under Linux). |
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