234309 - Status bar indicator for text size (zoom factor)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[basic]

Add a Status bar indicator for the text size (zoom factor) in the current tab.
If no one beats me to this, I'll try to make a patch this weekend.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

The status bar zoom indicator will be invisible when the user hasn't zoomed, right?

Another possible place to indicate zoom is in a special toolbar widget: click
the left side to decrease font size, click the right side to increase font size,
or look in the middle to see the the current zoom.  But then the indicator would
only be visible if the user chooses to put zoom buttons (bug 155562) on his toolbar.

Btw, mpt wontfixed this for Seamonkey in bug 110244.

Comment 2

[Pham]

or maybe like css switcher a little button

Comment 3

[Yan Morin]

An implementation: 
http://yansanmo.no-ip.org:8080/photos/ps/fx09rc/viewZoomOverlay.js

last line of function jump() was changed
and I add function setLabelZoom ()

preview:
http://yansanmo.no-ip.org:8080/photos/ps/fx09rc/zoom.png

It could be a menupopup with the predefined size of zoomFactors.

There is a bug on image I think (when your look the preview and you press CTRL +
or CTRL -).

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Bug 174854 has some discussion on this bug's subject. I think this UI request
will probably be WONTFIXed given the Firefox's devs reluctance to add extraneous
UI. The solution in bug 174854 (menu option to reset text size) might be as far
as the devs are willing to go, if they even go that far.

Comment 5

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

This could potentially benefit people who accidentally change the zoom factor
using the mousewheel and then wonder why their fonts are smaller, but I think
that's a little bit of a stretch to find a use-case, and the status bar is often
ignored anyways. Other than that, I don't see the benefit. Maybe when we have
full page zooming :). My vote would be for WONTFIX.

(Talk about a flash from the past! :)

Comment 6

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

This would make a great simple extension for those who want it, but I don't think it deserves primary UI treatment.

Comment 7

[Adam Kowalczyk]

*** Bug 347353 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[John]

IE7 has this.

Comment 10

[Mardeg]

The Glazoom extension implements this for people wanting it:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6489

Comment 12

[Ken Saunders]

(In reply to comment #4)
> I think this UI request
> will probably be WONTFIXed given the Firefox's devs reluctance to add
> extraneous
> UI. 

(In reply to comment #5)
> Maybe when we have full page zooming :). My vote would be for WONTFIX.


Any chance of changing the status considering that zoom buttons are now a default feature?

Comment 13

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

(In reply to comment #12)
> Any chance of changing the status considering that zoom buttons are now a
> default feature?

They're a what-now? I don't got no zoom buttons by default ...

Comment 14

[Ken Saunders]

Ok, so they're not literally placed by default onto a toolbar, but they're there. It's still a default feature right? It's shipped with the browser.

Comment 16

[jonathan chetwynd]

in the toolbar: View, Zoom

Opera provides a tick next to !00% when zoom cannot be reset
Safari greys out reset button
IE provides some indication see previous note #8

so Mozilla is the only major browser not to indicate when zoom cannot be reset.

combine this with mozilla's (unique?) per site zoom record,
and there is plenty of room for confusion.
I spent hours working this out, eventually with help from dholbert to resolve it

Comment 18

[Jesse Ruderman]

Australis (a UI refresh targeting Firefox 25) will add a zoom indicator as part of the zoom controls.  

As of today's UX nightly, the indicator is only shown when the zoom controls are in the menu (their default location).  If you move the zoom controls to the toolbar, the zoom indicator goes away, leaving only the +/- buttons.

Comment 19

[Paul McAuley]

I don't see why the indicator should disappear. I like to have a status bar / add-on bar at bottom and have the full info available.

I also think you could maybe show an on-screen-display (e.g. like changing the volume on a TV remote control) which temporarily indicates what the zoom level is when you change it.

Comment 20

[Ken Saunders]

(In reply to broccauley from comment #19)

> I also think you could maybe show an on-screen-display (e.g. like changing
> the volume on a TV remote control) which temporarily indicates what the zoom
> level is when you change it.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mousezoom > onscreen zoom level display.
Yes, an add-on, but it is an option.

While I've always thought that Firefox should display the current zoom level like most other browsers, I am pleased to at least and finally see it in the menu in UX.
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