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Detect browser zoom in javascript 'zoom' event is triggered on window on every browser zoom change. No polling!
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe id="frame" style="width: 250px; border: solid 1px red;" ></iframe>
<script type="text/javascript">
var elFrame = $('#frame')[0];
$(elFrame.contentWindow).resize(function() {
$(window).trigger('zoom');
});
$(window).on('zoom', function() {
console.log('zoom', window.devicePixelRatio);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
@arfaRed
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arfaRed commented Oct 1, 2013

Hi,

The code doesn't work in IE 8 ?
Found http://htmldoodads.appspot.com/dimensions.html code.
But this is also not working.
I think the resize event is not triggering in IE8.
Any idea ?

Thanks,
Arf`a

@jakubfiala
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This is amazing. Thanks a lot!!

@pilavdzic
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awesome thank you, saved me hours of aggravation

@futurist
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It's not work in android chrome 55

@aliok
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aliok commented Aug 2, 2017

Thanks a lot for this method.

While this works perfectly, to use in production we have to hide that frame.

I used this one:

<iframe id="frame" style="width: 1px; height: 1px; visibility: hidden; position: fixed; top:10000px; left:10000px;"></iframe>

Firefox (and perhaps Safari too) doesn't trigger the event if display:none;, so cannot use that.

@kirilloid
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@aliok, there are multiple ways to hide an iframe: putting it into 1x1 parent with overflow: hidden, for example.
BUT I don't understand why do we need an iframe, when normal window works as well—just need to add something like distinctUntilChanged from RxJS. Just store current zoom level instead of creating an iframe.

@glaucovillasboas
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@kirilldoid because when we zomm in or zoom out, the window doesn't resize, but all other elements do. When we zoom in, all elements in window get bigger, but the window is still in the same place with the same size.

@iHateRa1n
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i spend all of this time working on zoom bullshit, and NOW i find this.

WHY

@amit777
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amit777 commented Feb 19, 2019

Hi, neat solution. This method detects when you use the keyboard "command + shift + plus" or with the menu bar. However, if I pinch zoom, for some reason the zoom event doesn't trigger.. any tips on how to catch this case as well?

@R2D221
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R2D221 commented Jul 17, 2020

@amit777 For pinch zoom you need the Visual Viewport API.

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