Image Autosizer

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Status

Extension status: Featured

Description from extension meta

Customize how images are displayed and controlled within your browser.

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Description from store

Image Autosizer provides control over how image files are displayed in the browser window.

Features:
- Several display modes, changing how the image scales to the window
- Smooth/inertial panning
- Custom background color
- Optional checkerboard-background
- Option to close image on long mouse press

Usage:
- First, open up an image file
- Click image to toggle the size
- Double click to fill image to window
- Press 'c' to temporarily change background color

There is a quick guide in the preferences with some additional details.

Q & A
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Q: This extension does not work!
A: Go to the extension's preferences and read through the quick guide. If it doesn't work only on certain pages, make sure you have enabled the extension for secure pages if you are surfing on one. Also remember that this extension only takes effect if an image file is opened. It does not do anything to images located inside an html-document.

Latest reviews

Kelsey Kerrigan 2025-07-22: I am so glad this extension was updated! I've been using it for so long, that I forgot I even had it. The stuff that this extension can do should be built in to any browser. The couple weeks where this extension wasn't working due to Chrome's updates made me seriously think into looking for a different browser. THIS IS A MUST HAVE!
GregorJan 2024-11-10: Very helpful, but not updated with Manifest V3 :/
Stefan MacPherson 2024-03-04: I've used Firefox for decades. I like the fact that within moments, in Firefox, you can go into about:config and set browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing to false. Problem solved. This is the best I have found for Chrome based browsers but it's still not as good as the way Firefox handles large images. A huge issue is that unlike in Firefox where I can click on an image and drag it to my desktop, this extension actually prevents me from doing that and I have to turn it off. People were asking for this functionality in a locked and ignored request to the Chrome forum over ten years ago but Google have become very "Take it or Leave it" arrogant over the last few years. This is just one of the reasons why Chrome based browsers will never replace Firefox as my primary browser.
Kyle Morley 2023-04-02: This should be chrome's default. WARNING TO OTHER USERS: this extension features a potential epilepsy inducing smiley face in the settings for no reason whatsoever.
Kyle Morley 2023-04-02: This should be chrome's default. WARNING TO OTHER USERS: this extension features a potential epilepsy inducing smiley face in the settings for no reason whatsoever.
Pete Wilson 2023-01-12: This needs an option to allow for more zoom choices than just fit window/fit vertical/fit horizontal.
Pete Wilson 2023-01-12: This needs an option to allow for more zoom choices than just fit window/fit vertical/fit horizontal.
Strenkor En'Triel 2020-02-15: I am wondering why this functionality is not a default for the browser :)
Strenkor En'Triel 2020-02-15: I am wondering why this functionality is not a default for the browser :)
Fletcher 2019-11-26: Didn't work for me.
Fletcher 2019-11-26: Didn't work for me.
Brice V. 2019-05-26: finally!
Brice V. 2019-05-26: finally!
Aliaksandr Harbavets 2018-03-02: Great extension! Best in it's class
Aliaksandr Harbavets 2018-03-02: Great extension! Best in it's class
Robbie 2017-04-25: Works great, but it doesn't work on Imgur .gifv files
Robbie 2017-04-25: Works great, but it doesn't work on Imgur .gifv files
Popeye N 2017-03-14: Just what i was loooking for. 1. default is fit to window width 2. click is original size 3. double click is fit to window
Popeye N 2017-03-14: Just what i was loooking for. 1. default is fit to window width 2. click is original size 3. double click is fit to window
Karl Piper 2017-03-13: I could absolutely not figure out how to get the click/doubleclick functionality to work properly. After toggling the image sizing a few times, it becomes unresponsive to my clicks, and only spamming/random clicking will get it to switch again. The rest of the settings are great, and if this issue didn't affect me I'd rate 5/5. Definitely worth trying, hope it works for others!
Karl Piper 2017-03-13: I could absolutely not figure out how to get the click/doubleclick functionality to work properly. After toggling the image sizing a few times, it becomes unresponsive to my clicks, and only spamming/random clicking will get it to switch again. The rest of the settings are great, and if this issue didn't affect me I'd rate 5/5. Definitely worth trying, hope it works for others!
Ronnie Yeung 2017-03-03: There is a bug where all images align to the left no matter how I config. See the link below: http://imgur.com/a/Wq9tv 4/3 updated: seems being fixed !
Ronnie Yeung 2017-03-03: There is a bug where all images align to the left no matter how I config. See the link below: http://imgur.com/a/Wq9tv 4/3 updated: seems being fixed !
Thomas Lupex 2017-02-24: Would be five stars, but am running into a very annoying bug. Clicking on the image no longer zooms it in or out, and is only fixed upon a restart of Chrome. Is this a memory issue?
Thomas Lupex 2017-02-24: Would be five stars, but am running into a very annoying bug. Clicking on the image no longer zooms it in or out, and is only fixed upon a restart of Chrome. Is this a memory issue?
Petre Ikonomov 2017-02-07: I can't imagine using Chrome without this plugin, but I wish it had an additional setting to have "Original" inside the settings ignore Chrome's global zoom % (the Web content Page zoom % inside Chrome settings). Currently left single click and small images zoom an image to whatever Chrome's global zoom is. This way we can have image detail and sharpness preserved when viewing an image, simmilar to the way all photo vieweing software works, and at the same time allow the browser to scale web content as normal for easier reading. A single option to have the extension subtract the global zoom % from an image scaling. Edit: It looks like in the new version smaller images are centered both vertically and horizontally. Thank you so much for the update!
Petre Ikonomov 2017-02-07: I can't imagine using Chrome without this plugin, but I wish it had an additional setting to have "Original" inside the settings ignore Chrome's global zoom % (the Web content Page zoom % inside Chrome settings). Currently left single click and small images zoom an image to whatever Chrome's global zoom is. This way we can have image detail and sharpness preserved when viewing an image, simmilar to the way all photo vieweing software works, and at the same time allow the browser to scale web content as normal for easier reading. A single option to have the extension subtract the global zoom % from an image scaling. Edit: It looks like in the new version smaller images are centered both vertically and horizontally. Thank you so much for the update!
Josef H. 2016-11-02: Thank you very much for this must-have extension that fixes a problem ignored by the Chrome developers.. I only wish the image info didn't disappear in 2 seconds. It's a very short time to be able to read anything and there is no way to adjust it and make the feature actually useful.
Josef H. 2016-11-02: Thank you very much for this must-have extension that fixes a problem ignored by the Chrome developers.. I only wish the image info didn't disappear in 2 seconds. It's a very short time to be able to read anything and there is no way to adjust it and make the feature actually useful.
K G 2016-08-06: just what the doctor ordered
K G 2016-08-06: just what the doctor ordered
Joris van den Outenaar 2016-03-05: Simple but well-thought-out and completely customisable. Should be standard!
Joris van den Outenaar 2016-03-05: Simple but well-thought-out and completely customisable. Should be standard!
Krush Warok 2016-02-01: Awesome!Works and center the image!
Krush Warok 2016-02-01: Awesome!Works and center the image!
Jaakko Alarto 2015-11-18: No longer works :(
Jaakko Alarto 2015-11-18: No longer works :(
Ricky Bremme 2015-10-21: Fantastic !!
Ricky Bremme 2015-10-21: Fantastic !!
Kevin King 2015-09-16: I don't like how the info box at the bottom only appears for like 2 seconds then disappears. Most of the time I barely have time to read it! There should be an option to enable it permanently.
Kevin King 2015-09-16: I don't like how the info box at the bottom only appears for like 2 seconds then disappears. Most of the time I barely have time to read it! There should be an option to enable it permanently.
Ska Bob 2015-07-25: The one problem with Chrome is images larger than your window don't automatically resize. This extension fixes chome to operate more like firefox and fit an oversize image to the screen size.
Ska Bob 2015-07-25: The one problem with Chrome is images larger than your window don't automatically resize. This extension fixes chome to operate more like firefox and fit an oversize image to the screen size.
Rob 2015-07-01: Perfect, this should be a default feature.
Rob 2015-07-01: Perfect, this should be a default feature.
Steve Rand 2015-07-01: Works the way you would expect. Nice options (although confusing initially) for single and double clicking to change between scaling. I would like to see the same options available for smaller images, so that I can double-click a smaller-than-window image to zoom it up a bit (house plans on real estate sites).
Steve Rand 2015-07-01: Works the way you would expect. Nice options (although confusing initially) for single and double clicking to change between scaling. I would like to see the same options available for smaller images, so that I can double-click a smaller-than-window image to zoom it up a bit (house plans on real estate sites).
David Williams 2015-04-13: Just came here to say thank you for a plugin that does exactly what every browser should do anyway.
David Williams 2015-04-13: Just came here to say thank you for a plugin that does exactly what every browser should do anyway.
punk monk 2015-01-04: Works great when it works. The zoom options are a little buggy. They recently stopped working for me.

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