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macbook pro touch pad does not working properly for zoom in and uot

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The touch pad of my MacBook Pro does not work properly for zoom in and out. It works withother browsers. Thank you

The touch pad of my MacBook Pro does not work properly for zoom in and out. It works withother browsers. Thank you

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Some gestures have been removed in Firefox 4.

You can restore the zoom feature by changing the values of the related prefs on the about:config page.

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
browser.gesture.pinch.latched -> false

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

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it seems to work. thanks for this info. i feel like a pro :)) however i have to say ...what a stupid and annoying thing to do to cancel the pinch function ...firefox....wake up.

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thanks it works Cheers

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I've entered the values posted above, but now it only zooms out. I can't zoom in, is anyone else having this problem?

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I also got it to work but I really don't understand why you would remove this awesome function. Please make it possible to choose under Settings at least. Thanks!

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I also made the changes, and it still does not work... should this also be changed? browser.gesture.pinch.threshold;150

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I can't figure out how to make these changes.

Why the heck would Firefox has programmed these touchpad features out? If I have to spend much more time on it -- many hours already -- I'll just go back to using Safari. I really like being able to enlarge the type easily on the touchpad. Why did Firefox do this lame-o change?

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Why not make it much easier to fix? like put it under settings? This should be my choice, not Firefox. I have used Firebox exclusively for a long long time but this is enough to get me to switch to Chrome. Firefox 4 is so much like Chrome anyway . . . .I actually liked Chrome but stuck with Firefox cause I am loyal. Now I wish I hadn't upgraded. Upgrades always mess up things but this touchpad glitch seems really dumb.

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I made the changes in "about:config" page and it's working perfectly. I spent 2 minutes to do it.

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i entered all the cmd info, but i can only zoom in. why the hell would firefox mess around with these settings to begin with? i have to use safari all the time now and it sucks..