Firefox 2 Tip: Stop Automatic Image Resizing

Filed in: Mozilla, Tips — October 24th, 2006

My friend, Weilian, discovered that the “Resize large images to fit in the browser windows” option has been removed in Firefox(FF) Options Window for Mozilla Firefox 2.0.

Now, FF automatically resize large image to fit screen width. My friend dislike it. He want to view images in actual size.

No problem. Here is the trick.

  1. Enter about:config in Firefox address bar.
  2. Enter browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing in Filter field.
  3. You will get a single result in the bottom pane. Double click it to change to value to false
  4. You’re done! Enjoy large images without FF disturb now! ;)

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  • Andres

    well… it worked for like.. 10 seconds… then they became resized again =( what should I do?

  • Andres

    well… it worked for like.. 10 seconds… then they became resized again =( what should I do?

  • Wesley

    Thanks for the tip! I have been trying to figure this out for way too long.

  • Wesley

    Thanks for the tip! I have been trying to figure this out for way too long.

  • Kim

    I too was hoping to find a way to disable the +- magnifying glass. and sadly the stylish extension option did not work. Any ideas?

  • Kim

    I too was hoping to find a way to disable the +- magnifying glass. and sadly the stylish extension option did not work. Any ideas?

  • susan

    OMG I think I love you!!
    I have been so annoyed by this shrinking crap.

  • susan

    OMG I think I love you!!
    I have been so annoyed by this shrinking crap.

  • Victor

    ROFL. I had the opposite problem. I wanted to enable the feature but couldn’t figure out how. I followed the info in this thread where I found the current value was true. I changed it to false and back to true, and now it behaves according to the default situation. Normally, I wouldn’t want a picture shrunk unless I asked for it to be shrunk.

    It’s a pity the +/- feature has no granularity to it. Seems to be either pixel for pixel or reduced to fit. Better would be to press + (or something similar) to enlarge in steps or – (again, or something similar) to reduce in steps.

  • Victor

    ROFL. I had the opposite problem. I wanted to enable the feature but couldn’t figure out how. I followed the info in this thread where I found the current value was true. I changed it to false and back to true, and now it behaves according to the default situation. Normally, I wouldn’t want a picture shrunk unless I asked for it to be shrunk.

    It’s a pity the +/- feature has no granularity to it. Seems to be either pixel for pixel or reduced to fit. Better would be to press + (or something similar) to enlarge in steps or – (again, or something similar) to reduce in steps.

  • Garth

    Thanks! Does anyone have any idea why they disabled this option from the options window? Seems weird.

  • Garth

    Thanks! Does anyone have any idea why they disabled this option from the options window? Seems weird.

  • Dakota

    LcF, I’m having a problem with a Forum website where images that have a width larger than my monitor shrink to a window with a scroll bar. This to me is extremely annoying. I tried what you posted but the images still shrink down with a “side-to-side” scrollbar.

    Here is a link of an example:
    http://www.anathemaguild.dkpsystem.com/viewthread.php?threadid=1559

    Last thing; I’m running in 1025×768 resolution. My monitor cannot run any higher than this. Thank you ahead of time for any help.

  • Dakota

    LcF, I’m having a problem with a Forum website where images that have a width larger than my monitor shrink to a window with a scroll bar. This to me is extremely annoying. I tried what you posted but the images still shrink down with a “side-to-side” scrollbar.

    Here is a link of an example:
    http://www.anathemaguild.dkpsystem.com/viewthread.php?threadid=1559

    Last thing; I’m running in 1025×768 resolution. My monitor cannot run any higher than this. Thank you ahead of time for any help.

  • LcF

    @Dakota: this trick works only when you are viewing an image in the Firefox, not working on web page as the resolution is decided by the HTML code.

  • LcF

    @Dakota: this trick works only when you are viewing an image in the Firefox, not working on web page as the resolution is decided by the HTML code.

  • Dakota

    Alright, I understand now. But is there anyway to fix my problem?

  • Dakota

    Alright, I understand now. But is there anyway to fix my problem?

  • LcF

    @Dakota: there is no real solution. It is webmaster’s problem. You can get a BIGGER monitor to avoid the problem though…

  • LcF

    @Dakota: there is no real solution. It is webmaster’s problem. You can get a BIGGER monitor to avoid the problem though…

  • Dakota

    Again, thank you for your help. Guess I’ll be investing in a new 19″.

  • Dakota

    Again, thank you for your help. Guess I’ll be investing in a new 19″.

  • Rafael

    Thanks for your efforts. Write a good answer once, many benefit. You’ve done your good turn for the day, scout!

  • Rafael

    Thanks for your efforts. Write a good answer once, many benefit. You’ve done your good turn for the day, scout!

  • Another Resize-hater

    I would also like to get rid of the re-size cursor permanently. I will appreciate your suggestion.

  • Another Resize-hater

    I would also like to get rid of the re-size cursor permanently. I will appreciate your suggestion.

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