Smart zoom

Right-click a column of text so zoom, or tap Shift and click, then press +/-/0 to adjust the font size. Esc unzooms.

As of May 2026, Smart zoom has 1,000 users and a 4.29/5 rating from 17 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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1,000
Ratingno change0%
4.29
17 reviews
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17
Version
0.1.7.3
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 25, 2026.

1.0K1.0K988.4Apr 25, 2026May 21, 2026
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Apr 25, 20261.0K4.29170.1.7.3
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Permissions & access

Permissions
contextMenus
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

Right-click a column of text and pick "Zoom" to make it take up the whole width of the screen just like double tap zooming of the mobile Safari.  Esc unzooms. 

Or you can tap Shift then click a column of text to zoom in on it, and/or press +/-/0 to adjust the font size.  If you tap Shift accidentally, cancel zooming by tapping it again (or pressing any other key).

This extension works best for text-heavy sites: news, blogs, and so forth.  It won't zoom all content correctly, and it's disabled for some sites like GMail and Hotmail where it doesn't work.  Like all extensions, it's disabled on this site, too.  And it's experimental: it could cause you problems.

If the keyboard shortcuts interfere with a webpage, you can disable them on a page by pressing ` (the backquote key, underneath Escape on some keyboards).

Note: This extension was originally developed by another author. I loved this extension but it was not maintained any more and it was not worked on recent version of chrome. So I decided to fix it for latest chrome. I really appreciate original authors' efforts.

origin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smart-zoom/emfkpabfhchapdbfcmphhcagnkdloanp

Technical

Version
0.1.7.3
Manifest
V3
Size
30.24KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u01ac13a37cb17b56f34cf81900ef9e80
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 16, 2018
Last Updated (Store)
May 20, 2024
Last Scraped
May 21, 2026
Website
Support URL

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 21, 2026.