Hover Zoom Chrome extension icon

Hover Zoom

👥 234 users
📦 v2.0.6
💾 106KiB
📅 2025-10-31
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Overview

➤ Main features:
•Hover magnification: No need to click; simply hover over an element to activate it.

•Smart detection: Works on `<img>` and `<video>` tags as well as `<a>` links pointing to image or video files (common formats like `.jpg`, `.png`, `.gif`, `.mp4`, `.webm`, etc.).

•Automatic video playback: Detected videos start automatically in the preview window, muted and looping for seamless viewing.

•Two display modes:
1. Double size (beside): Shows the image at 200% of its original size in a window next to the cursor. The window positions itself intelligently to stay on screen.
2. Full width (overlay): Displays the image large, overlaying the page content and taking up the width of the window.

•Full control: A simple, intuitive popup lets you toggle the extension on or off and switch modes on the fly.

•Configurable zoom factor: Adjust the magnification level directly from the popup.

•Quick Close with Escape : Just press the `Escape` key to instantly close any active preview, without needing to move your mouse.

•Lightweight and performant: Designed to have minimal impact on browsing performance by activating scripts only when necessary.

➤ How to use:
1. Click the extension icon in the toolbar to open the configuration popup.
2. Use the main switch to enable or disable the extension.
3. Choose your preferred "magnification mode":
`Double size (beside)`: Ideal for quickly inspecting images without losing page context.
`Full width (overlay)`: Perfect for viewing an image in greater detail.
4. Adjust the **zoom factor** to control the magnification level.

➤ Contributing:
Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for improvements or bug fixes, feel free to:
1. open the project. https://github.com/Mir0um/Hover_Zoom
2. Create a new branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`).
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'`).
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`).
5. Open a Pull Request.

➤ Credits:
Creator: Sartoris Jean-Paul (Miroum)
Inspiration: This project is heavily inspired by the excellent extension 'chrome-extension-imagus'.

Tags

Productivity/tools accessibility productivity/tools

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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