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How do you zoom in on a photo in a post?

 

Rustoholic
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When you click on an attached photo, you do get a bigger version of it to look at. However, I'd like to get even closer, so how do I do it? When viewing the larger version of the photo, there does not seem to be zoom in or zoom out icons.

Thanks, Dean

Here's a sample photo to look at:

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After a bit of experimentation I found a work around. This is for a PC. A Mac probably has a similar process. Click the picture to get the larger picture. Right click on the larger picture then select Open Image In New Tab. Click that tab then Ctrl-+ to enlarge the image. Each click of Ctrl-+ will make it larger.

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@tiny 

Actually, a Mac is super easy.  🙂

Click on the picture to open it.

Then just put 2 fingers on the pad, and without clicking, just spread your 2 fingers apart horizontally until you've enlarged to where you want it.

Moving your fingers together will make it smaller again.

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I have a touch screen laptop that I can do that on but for some reason it doesn't work on the enlarged images. It works on the thumbnails but that's just making a low resolution image larger. Can you say pixelated.

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Rustoholic
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I was hoping someone would know how to bring up a + or - icon while looking at the pic in the forums. I guess this feature is just not exist.

Thanks for the idea of opening the pic in a new browser tab and Ctrl-+.

Dean

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