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Want to set a default zoom level for safari? Here's how you do it.

If you like to set a default zoom level for safari so you don't have to hit Ctrl+ (or Ctrl-) every time you start Safari and open a new tab, here's how you can do that. This should work on Safari for mac, too:

1) create a file named defaultzoom.css (or any name you like, just make sure it has a css extension.)

2) copy and paste in the following:


body {
zoom: 130%;
}

change 130 to whatever number suits you. >100 means zoom in, <100 means zoom out. Don't forget the % percent sign!

3) in safari, go to Preferences > Advanced. Under style sheet, select Other... and point to the file you created.

4) you may need to restart safari for the change to take effect.

Voila. Hope that helps someone.

Windows Vista

Posted on Aug 13, 2009 11:18 AM

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Oct 29, 2009 1:04 PM in response to jjporter1979

Yes you and others have found out, the zoom set this way is not reversible with ctrl+- (manual unzoom). What I've done is to use autohotkey, a windows scripting program, to toggle on and off the CSS with a couple of keyboard shortcut. You can do something similar on the Mac, I'm sure.

Once you have the setup as I describe in the original post, set up a little script to open the preferences dialog, switch to advanced tab, click on the style sheet drop down, and click on either the css or "none selected". Simple, right?

Yeah I know. It's ridiculous. Apple could make it so easy by just adding a simple preference.

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