Ubuntu
webbrowser-app package

No way to force zooming in on mobile pages for accessibility

Bug #1472901 reported by Evan Wang
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

$ system-image-cli -i
current build number: 62
device name: krillin
channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris.en
last update: 2015-07-08 02:04:27
version version: 62
version ubuntu: 20150708.1
version device: 20150529-8e13c5f
version custom: 20150707-800-29-17-vivid

Steps to reproduce:
1) Launch web browser
2) Navigate to URL
3) Pinch to zoom in and out

Expected results:
Web page is zoomed in and out

Actual results:
Web page is not zoomed in and out

Revision history for this message
Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Can you please detail which page you used to test? Not all web pages allow zooming in. I just tested with a wikipedia page, and pinch-to-zoom works well there.

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Evan Wang (wsy324) wrote :

Yes, you are right, it works with some web pages, but i tried with web pages sina.cn and youtube.com, pinch-to-zoom works on Android phone, but on our ubuntu phone not.

Evan Wang (wsy324)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Riccardo Padovani (rpadovani) wrote :

I just tried with Google Chrome on youtube.com on Android 5.1.1 on a Nexus 4.
It's impossible to zoom, unless you set 'Force enable zoom' in Settings->Accessibility.
Could you please check if you enabled it?

If yes, this isn't a bug about the zoom, but a feature we miss.

Revision history for this message
Evan Wang (wsy324) wrote :

Yes, it's possible a feature of web browser, my current using web browser doesn't exist a similar settings, seems the feature has been already enabled by default, then i installed Firefox on my android phone, it does exist a similar settings, pinch to zoom works only get it enabled on youtube.com.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
AlainKnaff (kubuntu-misc) wrote :

I see the problem too (on Facebook mobile, for example).

I wanted to try this Force enable Zoom in Settings->Accessibility, but neither the webbrowser app's Settings, nor the global Settings page had an Accessibility submenu.

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - Zoom in/out does not work in web browser
+ No way to force zooming in on mobile pages for accessibility
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