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Browser zoom vs font-size
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<!doctype html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> | |
<style> | |
:root { | |
font-family: sans-serif; | |
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; | |
text-size-adjust: 100%; /* needed for chrome to not increase some text and some not (in flexbox) */ | |
} | |
/* | |
body { | |
margin: 0; | |
padding: 0.5em; | |
} | |
*/ | |
section { | |
margin-top: 0.5em; | |
margin-bottom: 0.5em; | |
font-size: 16px; | |
padding: 0.5rem; | |
border: 1px solid currentColor; | |
} | |
section > :first-child { | |
margin-top: 0; | |
} | |
.text { | |
background: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.5); | |
line-height: 1; | |
} | |
.flex { | |
display: flex; | |
align-items: center; | |
} | |
.flex .box { | |
margin: 16px; | |
} | |
.orientation { | |
display: none; | |
} | |
.changed { | |
color: yellow; | |
} | |
.warning { | |
color: orange; | |
} | |
@media (orientation: landscape) { | |
.orientation.landscape { | |
display: initial; | |
} | |
} | |
@media (orientation: portrait) { | |
.orientation.portrait { | |
display: initial; | |
} | |
} | |
.debug { | |
opacity: 0.5; | |
} | |
#heightMeasure { | |
line-height: 1; | |
} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<section> | |
<h2>Font size tests</h2> | |
<div> | |
<p>Browser font-size default: 1rem == 16px; detected: <span id="detectedFontSize"></span>, height: <span id="textHeight"></span></p> | |
</div> | |
<div class="flex"> | |
<div class="box text" style="font-size: 1rem">Font with 1rem size</div> | |
<div class="box text" style="font-size: 16px">Font with 16px size</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="flex"> | |
<div class="box text" style="font-size: 2rem">Font with 2rem size</div> | |
<div class="box text" style="font-size: 32px">Font with 32px size</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="flex"> | |
<div class="box"><img src="https://orf.at/app-infos/img/android/news.png" alt="News" style="width: 2rem; height: 2rem"><br>2rem</div> | |
<div class="box"><img src="https://orf.at/app-infos/img/android/news.png" alt="News" style="width: 32px; height: 32px"><br>32px</div> | |
</div> | |
</section> | |
<section> | |
<h2>Page zoom / viewport tests</h2> | |
<p id="heightMeasure">Orientation: <span class="orientation landscape">landscape</span><span class="orientation portrait">portrait</span></p> | |
<p>Detected <a href="https://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/viewports.html">layout viewport</a> (innerWidth x innerHeight): <span id="viewport"></span> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CSS_pixel">CSS pixels</a></p> | |
<p class="debug">document size: <span id="documentSize"></span></p> | |
<p class="debug">outerWidth / screen.availWidth = <span id="outerWidthValue"></span> / <span id="screenAvailWidth"></span> (weird/wrong on iOS?)</p> | |
<p class="debug">width zoom ratio (excluding scroll bars): <span id="widthZoom"></span> (=1 if not zoomed and no scroll bars)</p> | |
<p class="debug">devicePixelRatio: <span id="pixelRatio"></span> (changes in chrome and firefox, but not in safari, when zooming)</p> | |
<p class="debug">visualViewport.scale: <span id="visualViewportScale"></span></p> | |
</section> | |
<script> | |
for (eventName of ["resize", "load", "scroll"]) { | |
addEventListener(eventName, () => { | |
viewport.textContent = innerWidth + "x" + innerHeight | |
const computedFontSize = getComputedStyle(document.body)["font-size"] | |
detectedFontSize.textContent = computedFontSize | |
const parsedFontSize = parseInt(computedFontSize, 10) | |
detectedFontSize.classList.toggle("changed", parsedFontSize !== 16) | |
const lineHeightSize = heightMeasure.clientHeight | |
textHeight.textContent = lineHeightSize + "px" | |
textHeight.classList.toggle("warning", lineHeightSize !== parsedFontSize) | |
documentSize.textContent = document.documentElement.clientWidth + "x" + document.documentElement.clientHeight | |
outerWidthValue.textContent = outerWidth | |
screenAvailWidth.textContent = screen.availWidth | |
widthZoom.textContent = outerWidth / innerWidth | |
pixelRatio.textContent = devicePixelRatio | |
visualViewportScale.textContent = visualViewport.scale | |
}) | |
} | |
for (eventName of ["resize", "scroll"]) { | |
visualViewport.addEventListener(eventName, () => { | |
visualViewportScale.textContent = visualViewport.scale | |
}) | |
} | |
</script> | |
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<p> | |
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</p> | |
--> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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