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Press on the toolbar button to see the magnifying glass on the current page.
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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
- (2025-07-11) T Frost: Just what I've been looking for! It replaced another Chrome magnifying extension (no longer supported), and this does the job!
- (2025-04-22) Bertus van Heusden: 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.
- (2025-04-22) sir Percy Blakeney: works like a charm, when I tried to zoom in on a document it got fuzzy but this was perfectly clear👍
- (2025-02-04) MAB: good for eyes sRoz (Edit): VERY VERY GOOD FOR EYES TEAM YRF'9 AND TISK0
- (2025-01-09) Jade de Guzman: 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!
- (2023-10-26) Gary theGreat: 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,
- (2023-10-26) Gary theGreat: 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,
- (2023-05-27) Sandor Kis: You can add your shortcut key, your zoom rating, all you have to do is to use it!
- (2023-05-27) Sandor Kis: You can add your shortcut key, your zoom rating, all you have to do is to use it!
- (2023-05-10) Alex Boyko: It works with a resized window!
- (2023-05-10) Alex Boyko: It works with a resized window!
- (2023-03-25) dextremao: Thanks, this program helped me a lot I wish it didn't close when I scrolled the mouse.
- (2023-03-25) dextremao: Thanks, this program helped me a lot I wish it didn't close when I scrolled the mouse.
- (2023-03-04) y cho: 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
- (2023-03-04) y cho: 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
- (2023-01-22) kw_27: 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
- (2023-01-22) kw_27: 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
- (2023-01-13) Wendy Williams: I have low vision and use this every day!
- (2023-01-13) Wendy Williams: I have low vision and use this every day!
- (2022-10-22) Hossam: Easy to use
- (2022-10-22) Hossam: Easy to use
- (2022-09-23) 阿里云: 爱死了！一直都在用图片放大，怎么早没想到呢！
- (2022-08-25) Adam's Channel: Все работает
- (2022-07-14) Hamid: Great! It's just need a mouse or keyboard shortcut button. I like middle mouse button for that.
- (2022-07-14) Hamid: Great! It's just need a mouse or keyboard shortcut button. I like middle mouse button for that.
- (2022-07-06) Glenn Worthman: 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.
- (2022-07-06) Glenn Worthman: 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.
- (2022-03-22) David Atudori: Does it have a hotkey shortcut?
- (2022-03-22) David Atudori: Does it have a hotkey shortcut?
- (2022-03-01) Nikki Volodin: 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.
- (2022-03-01) Nikki Volodin: 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.
- (2022-02-13) Pat MySecret: Does what is expected in a simple way, but I wish I could find something that would bring more clarity to the magnified text.
- (2022-02-13) Pat MySecret: Does what is expected in a simple way, but I wish I could find something that would bring more clarity to the magnified text.
- (2022-01-01) Mig Mi: 非常好用的插件，感谢作者！
- (2021-11-23) Vladimir Владимир: Перестало работать
- (2021-11-19) Vladimir Владимир: Отлично работает Есть настройки 👍👍👍👍👍
- (2021-10-17) Ike Ikie: Pretty Cool.........!
- (2021-10-17) Ike Ikie: Pretty Cool.........!
- (2021-08-08) Dipen “UMR” Kayastha: 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
- (2021-08-08) Dipen “UMR” Kayastha: 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
- (2021-05-12) Peter N. Hrebicek: Best extension ever! Wonderfully programmed. Well done, thanks!
- (2021-01-10) Minh Tri: It doesn't need to read the page or anything and it works.
- (2021-01-10) Minh Tri: It doesn't need to read the page or anything and it works.
- (2021-01-02) Forgotten Translation: Justo lo que estaba buscando. Funciona muy bien.
- (2020-12-09) Cédric S.: Works fine. A shortcut would be nice!
- (2020-12-09) Cédric S.: Works fine. A shortcut would be nice!
- (2020-11-14) john butler: Doesn't work, I click the magnifying glass and a pop up box appears saying "s zoom"
- (2020-11-14) john butler: Doesn't work, I click the magnifying glass and a pop up box appears saying "s zoom"
- (2020-08-27) Marvin Gage: No button will show in my toolbar so not working in latest Chrome for me.
- (2020-08-27) Marvin Gage: No button will show in my toolbar so not working in latest Chrome for me.