Develop Bugs

[Q] Is there a way to disable web browser zoom redraw?

There's this one function found both in the default web browser and Dolphin browser that I really would like to just go away. Maybe it's called zoom redraw, maybe it's called smart positioning or smart fit or something, I don't know.
But when you zoom in to a particular part of a web page real far, it seems to want to redraw or refit the page. This bugs me because I feel temporarily lost. I always find myself wishing that the view of the web page would just "stay there" right where it is as my fingers spread. But, sure enough, I lift my fingers from the screen, it shifts the page a little up or left or down or right and this is ANNOYING. Because what I have to do then is zoom in in small incriments so I can see where I actually am and make movement corrections for the zoom redraw and zoom some more.
It doesn't HAVE to be this way cause I notice that Xscope browser doesn't do this. Now, I like Xscope a bit aside from a few things I can't get used to. But my default browser at least for now is Dolphin. Is there a way to stop this from happening in Dolphin?

If you do the about:debug to get into settings enable "gep zoom" I think that might be what you are looking for. Hope that helps ya out.

sprink0281 said:
If you do the about:debug to get into settings enable "gep zoom" I think that might be what you are looking for. Hope that helps ya out.
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This is right. This will disable the reflow after pinch-zoom. It will still reflow after double-tap.

sprink0281 said:
If you do the about:debug to get into settings enable "gep zoom" I think that might be what you are looking for. Hope that helps ya out.
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Can you elaborate on this please? about:debut? Don't see about as a menu option and when I type in about:debug in the url field (firefox style), nothing happens. Hoe exactly do you do about:debug in Dolphin Browser?

enigmatl said:
Can you elaborate on this please? about:debut? Don't see about as a menu option and when I type in about:debug in the url field (firefox style), nothing happens. Hoe exactly do you do about:debug in Dolphin Browser?
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Not sure about dolphin, but try anyway. They way it works with stock browser is put it in address bar without the http, and press go. It will seem like nothing happens screen stays the same, press menu button and go to settings, if it worked then you will have more setting options than usuall, now scroll down untill you see "gep zoom" and check the box. You might have to do this in the stock browser to get it to work and hopefully the setting will carry over to dolphin. If it doesn't maybe somebody that uses dolphin can chime in. try out and report back, hopefully it works for you.

about:debug does work, but resets when the browser is shutdown.

ms79723 said:
about:debug does work, but resets when the browser is shutdown.
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Wonder why? It doesn't with the stock browser...do the settings carry over from stock to dolphin? Try setting it in stock, and see if it works in dolphin. Probably not though since it's different software..

SUPER BuMP!
I would LOVE to know if there is SOME WAY IN HELL to get this done. i cant STAND having it redraw after pinch and zoom. if you want to re justify text, you double tap, thats just the way it is. everytime i try to zoom in on a button to hit it, it moves 3 screens worth of scrolling over. very annoying. This or finding a way to get the stock browser.apk to work in an htc kernel/rom would be just as good. ive looed up certain ways, but most dont work anymore or never worked in the first place.

about:debug is really working, I love you guys!
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What do you mean with shutdown? The browser is never really shutdown, or not? I mean Android 2.2 keeps it in the background?

[Q] Home Screen Icon Gone

Every time I exist the browser or an app with the home key, it take awhile for the icons/apps/widget to appear. Does anyone facing this problem?

Yeah this happens to me too..it lags for like half a second
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It's not "lag". It's the launcher application reloading after being released from memory. It usually happens when closing a memory intensive app like a browser or game. The only time I have experienced this on the GNex is when closing Chrome.

Will there be a fix for this? Because it happens every time I exit the browser.

Just get a new launcher, or get a new launcher first, use that to uninstall the old launcher, then reinstall it.

any way to disable zoom magnifier in browser?

When I click on links or try to close popups by hitting the x and such in the browser it zooms a close up of what I am clicking. I really want to stick with the stock browser. I didnt see anything in settings. Any way to disable the zooming. Im not even entirely sure what im doing to activate it so much lol

problem with screen rotation

I have been having this problem with the chrome browser in the m9, every time i rotate the phone from portrait to landscape or landscape to portrait the browser reloads the page im looking at, any possible solution?

Try chrome://flags

Try updating/reinstalling chrome. I don't have this issue.

lucyr03 said:
Try updating/reinstalling chrome. I don't have this issue.
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This worked, thanks!

Chrome Tablet Layout

In many reviews and videos I've seen on the Fold, Google Chrome has the tablet view that has the website tabs at the top like on it has on tablets or desktop and no matter what build I try on my Fold, I only see the mobile view with tabs in a list by pressing a button.
Does anyone else have the tablet view? If so, what build of Chrome are you using or is there a setting that needs to be changed?

keyz86 said:
In many reviews and videos I've seen on the Fold, Google Chrome has the tablet view that has the website tabs at the top like on it has on tablets or desktop and no matter what build I try on my Fold, I only see the mobile view with tabs in a list by pressing a button.
Does anyone else have the tablet view? If so, what build of Chrome are you using or is there a setting that needs to be changed?
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Interesting, I have the same chrome as you do, the one without the tablet tabs. I am using an ATT variant of the phone but plan to flash it to US unlocked very soon. I will let you know if it changes the chrome tabs.

I figured it out, got my answer from Reddit.
You have to change the Screen Zoom to the smallest setting in the Display options and then all apps will use their tablet layout including Chrome, Gmail, Facebook etc.

keyz86 said:
I figured it out, got my answer from Reddit.
You have to change the Screen Zoom to the smallest setting in the Display options and then all apps will use their tablet layout including Chrome, Gmail, Facebook etc.
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Oh wow I'll give that a try, thank you.