How to Enable, Use Pinch & Zoom Gestures on Macbook Touchpad for Firefox 4
Do you have a multitouch trackpad or a Macbook, then you might be using pinch-to-zoom to zoom in and out of web pages in your browser. But, Firefox 4 disabled them by default. But you can get them back.
Use Pinch-to-Zoom Feature in Firefox 4
Firefox 4 disabled the two finger pinch/zoom gestures on a Mac and multi-touch touchpad. Here is how to make pinch/zoom work again.
Step 1: type about:config in your address bar and press Enter.
Step 2: Type pinch in the search bar to bring up the pinch-to-zoom gesture commands which are disabled by default.
Step 3: Find the following commands and double-click to bring up a dialog box where you have to enter the values mentioned below.
|
Command |
Value |
| browser.gesture.pinch.in | cmd_fullZoomReduce |
| browser.gesture.pinch.in.shift | cmd_fullZoomReset |
| browser.gesture.pinch.out | cmd_fullZoomEnlarge |
| browser.gesture.pinch.out.shift | cmd_fullZoomReset |
You can also cycle through tabs with a twist rotate gesture…
|
Command |
Value |
| browser.gesture.twist.left | Browser:PrevTab |
| browser.gesture.twist.right | Browser:NextTab |
Once that’s done, the pinch and zoom gestures along with twist rotate tab switching controls should work in Firefox 4.
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