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Firefox will not keep zoom settings, they keep reverting back to a default

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I used to be able to change zoom using ctrl_scroll and it worked fine (to fit whole page on one screen with no scroll bars). Now, even after I do that, as soon as I go to a new site or change folders in gmail, it keep reverting back to a default zoom making the page too big to fit on one screen. It is particularly annoying with gmail..

I used to be able to change zoom using ctrl_scroll and it worked fine (to fit whole page on one screen with no scroll bars). Now, even after I do that, as soon as I go to a new site or change folders in gmail, it keep reverting back to a default zoom making the page too big to fit on one screen. It is particularly annoying with gmail..

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There are a couple of add-ons designed to save your zoom settings. They also let you set a new zoom level for all pages you have not yet visited. I haven't tried them, but here they are:

If there are particular sites that still present a problem, feel free to post their URLs.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Suluhisho teule

There are a couple of add-ons designed to save your zoom settings. They also let you set a new zoom level for all pages you have not yet visited. I haven't tried them, but here they are:

If there are particular sites that still present a problem, feel free to post their URLs.

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Thanks a lot. They both work great. Not sure why I had the problem all of a sudden, but both add ons work great