Magnifying Glass (Hover Zoom)

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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Press on the toolbar button to see the magnifying glass on the current page.

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Magnifying Glass (Hover Zoom)
Description from store

Magnifying Glass (Hover Zoom) is a lite addon that enables you to magnify a portion of a webpage with a click of a button.

Please click on the toolbar button once to see the magnifying glass. Then move your mouse to see the magnified page within a circular section. If you want to hide the magnifier, simply click on the toolbar button once or click anywhere on the page. This addon has also an options page to adjust the magnifier zoom level and coverage area. Moreover, the toolbar button serves as an ON|OFF switch to turn the addon ON or OFF.

Note 1: when you install the addon, it is turned off. Please click on the toolbar button once to activate the addon. The toolbar icon is red when the addon is active and grey when it is inactive.

Note 2: if you want to change the zoom level, please visit the addon's options page.

To report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/magnifying-glass.html).

Latest reviews

TracerHD “Tracer” 2025-09-19

Works perfectly.

T Frost 2025-07-11

Just what I've been looking for! It replaced another Chrome magnifying extension (no longer supported), and this does the job!

Bertus van Heusden 2025-04-22

Magnifies by lowering the resolution so the usefulness is limited. Requests permissions it doesn't need for such limited functionality. Will disappear with any click so it is quite efemere.

sir Percy Blakeney 2025-04-22

works like a charm, when I tried to zoom in on a document it got fuzzy but this was perfectly clear👍

MAB 2025-02-04

good for eyes sRoz (Edit): VERY VERY GOOD FOR EYES TEAM YRF'9 AND TISK0

Jade de Guzman 2025-01-09

Very straight to the point, isn't buggy at all, and requires minimum to no memory at all. Amazing! ⚠️ One thing to add in the future though: perhaps a rectangular tool? Everything else is great!

Gary theGreat 2023-10-26

Very simple and easy to use. Just click the toolbar icon and move the magnifying glass around to wherever you want it. The only thing that could make this better would be if I could snap a pic of what I have zoomed into,

Gary theGreat 2023-10-26

Very simple and easy to use. Just click the toolbar icon and move the magnifying glass around to wherever you want it. The only thing that could make this better would be if I could snap a pic of what I have zoomed into,

Sandor Kis 2023-05-27

You can add your shortcut key, your zoom rating, all you have to do is to use it!

Sandor Kis 2023-05-27

You can add your shortcut key, your zoom rating, all you have to do is to use it!

Alex Boyko 2023-05-10

It works with a resized window!

Alex Boyko 2023-05-10

It works with a resized window!

dextremao 2023-03-25

Thanks, this program helped me a lot I wish it didn't close when I scrolled the mouse.

dextremao 2023-03-25

Thanks, this program helped me a lot I wish it didn't close when I scrolled the mouse.

y cho 2023-03-04

FEATURE: Thks for this super cool extension. I want to use it for LIVE Youtube video presentation. Lots of time you need quick and easy zoom in a field. To make it work for LIVE youtubers we would need: 1) A rectangular lens 2) A keyboard shortcut to activate and deactivate 3) Have an optional mode to Keep it open even on mouse click ( and have the "activate button "in 2 deactivate on second key press ) Thanks

y cho 2023-03-04

FEATURE: Thks for this super cool extension. I want to use it for LIVE Youtube video presentation. Lots of time you need quick and easy zoom in a field. To make it work for LIVE youtubers we would need: 1) A rectangular lens 2) A keyboard shortcut to activate and deactivate 3) Have an optional mode to Keep it open even on mouse click ( and have the "activate button "in 2 deactivate on second key press ) Thanks

kw_27 2023-01-22

awesome. I sometimes read japanese comics on my pc but often some kanji are too small to see from so far away and this is a better fix than having to lean in all the way lol

kw_27 2023-01-22

awesome. I sometimes read japanese comics on my pc but often some kanji are too small to see from so far away and this is a better fix than having to lean in all the way lol

Wendy Williams 2023-01-13

I have low vision and use this every day!

Wendy Williams 2023-01-13

I have low vision and use this every day!

Hossam 2022-10-22

Easy to use

Hossam 2022-10-22

Easy to use

阿里云 2022-09-23

爱死了!一直都在用图片放大,怎么早没想到呢!

Adam's Channel 2022-08-25

Все работает

Hamid 2022-07-14

Great! It's just need a mouse or keyboard shortcut button. I like middle mouse button for that.

Hamid 2022-07-14

Great! It's just need a mouse or keyboard shortcut button. I like middle mouse button for that.

Glenn Worthman 2022-07-06

Excellent. Requires no special permissions or site access, is less than 1 MB. You can zoom in first using command-+ a few times, then use the magnifier to really zoom in big time.

Glenn Worthman 2022-07-06

Excellent. Requires no special permissions or site access, is less than 1 MB. You can zoom in first using command-+ a few times, then use the magnifier to really zoom in big time.

David Atudori 2022-03-22

Does it have a hotkey shortcut?

David Atudori 2022-03-22

Does it have a hotkey shortcut?

Nikki Volodin 2022-03-01

This is probably one of the better magnifying glasses to use on the the web especially on a Chromebook. However it would be so much easier to use if the mouse pointer was at the end or around end of the circle. Having it in the middle, makes it difficult to direct and see where your pointing it off too and makes it difficult to "steer". Also usually we read paragraphs, and their in rectangular form, so changing the magnifier to a rectangle or square would be so much more convenient for reading purposes.

Nikki Volodin 2022-03-01

This is probably one of the better magnifying glasses to use on the the web especially on a Chromebook. However it would be so much easier to use if the mouse pointer was at the end or around end of the circle. Having it in the middle, makes it difficult to direct and see where your pointing it off too and makes it difficult to "steer". Also usually we read paragraphs, and their in rectangular form, so changing the magnifier to a rectangle or square would be so much more convenient for reading purposes.

Pat MySecret 2022-02-13

Does what is expected in a simple way, but I wish I could find something that would bring more clarity to the magnified text.

Pat MySecret 2022-02-13

Does what is expected in a simple way, but I wish I could find something that would bring more clarity to the magnified text.

Mig Mi 2022-01-01

非常好用的插件,感谢作者!

Vladimir Владимир 2021-11-23

Перестало работать

Vladimir Владимир 2021-11-19

Отлично работает Есть настройки 👍👍👍👍👍

Ike Ikie 2021-10-17

Pretty Cool.........!

Ike Ikie 2021-10-17

Pretty Cool.........!

Dipen “UMR” Kayastha 2021-08-08

I would say this is a wonderfull extention but the bad thing about this is in full screen u can really use it there should be a button that allows you yo use it in full screen

Dipen “UMR” Kayastha 2021-08-08

I would say this is a wonderfull extention but the bad thing about this is in full screen u can really use it there should be a button that allows you yo use it in full screen

Peter N. Hrebicek 2021-05-12

Best extension ever! Wonderfully programmed. Well done, thanks!

Minh Tri 2021-01-10

It doesn't need to read the page or anything and it works.

Minh Tri 2021-01-10

It doesn't need to read the page or anything and it works.

Forgotten Translation 2021-01-02

Justo lo que estaba buscando. Funciona muy bien.

Cédric S. 2020-12-09

Works fine. A shortcut would be nice!

Cédric S. 2020-12-09

Works fine. A shortcut would be nice!

john butler 2020-11-14

Doesn't work, I click the magnifying glass and a pop up box appears saying "s zoom"

john butler 2020-11-14

Doesn't work, I click the magnifying glass and a pop up box appears saying "s zoom"

Marvin Gage 2020-08-27

No button will show in my toolbar so not working in latest Chrome for me.

Statistics

Installs
100,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
Rating
4.35 (52 votes)
Last update
2025-05-20
Version 0.1.7
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