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approaching12am
5 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Image Zoom and Scale Default
I've noticed that the default image viewer setting has changed to 100% zoom recently, and I rely heavily on presenting extensive galleries of large images to clients and having the images default to "zoom to fit" was critical. Now I have to select "zoom to fit" for every single image in a folder when presenting them. Is there any way to specify a preference for this behavior so my folders load images the same way each time? This change is making one of the most important features of Dropbox completely unusable for me.
For reference, I first noticed this using Safari 13.1.1, but have tried on multiple browsers and the behavior is the same.
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- ndp4 years agoNew member | Level 2
If you use opera web browser at roughly 70% of screen size it fits the images properly.
Monterey 12.1
Opera 83.0.4254.27
- Hop2744 years agoNew member | Level 2
I really cant work with this new 100% Zoom! Not being able to review 200+ photos quickly before sharing with clients is not feasible. Is there a fix to this new default. Please help Dropbox!!!!
- Daveg274 years agoNew member | Level 2
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE CHANGE THIS. THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!! How am I suppose to look at and show images to client when they are 100% zoomed in. If this doesn't get changed I'm cancelling my sub
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi all, sorry for the late response here - are you still having issues with this?
If so, let us know here and we'll reach out via email to have a further look internally.
- brianwf4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hi Walter, thanks for taking this up - better late than never.
The issue seems to be fixed for me on my Safari desktop browser. The images scale to fit my window size.
Thanks
- batmacgyver4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
When viewing a link to an image, small images should not be scaled up to fit the browser window. Large image should be scaled down to fit, but smaller images should just display at 100% size. For example, After Effects calls this zoom level "Fit, up to 100%".
At the moment, if I send a link to a web-resolution image to a client, Dropbox blows it up to fill their browser window. If I'm sending a bunch of static web banner designs for review, obviously a tiny MREC banner blown up to fill their 27" monitor is going to look absolutely horrendous and I'll inevitably receive an email asking why it "looks so pixellated".
Please fix this!
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey batmacgyver - thanks for the feedback on this. It's been noted in our system.
Let us know if you have anything else to add.
- GinaO20493 years agoNew member | Level 2
I can't use dropbox if they can not fix this issue and I would think many have an issue with having to individually click on each image to change the sizes. They should all remain same size as the initial image uploaded
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