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December 10, 2021
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Mobile Preview - unable to zoom in

  • December 10, 2021
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Hi - I'm trying to set up a focus group test using a prototype I've made, but no matter what I try I can't zoom into the prototype on phone (using a shared link). Our users are going to open a shared link (preferably using the 'User Testing' view setting), and it's vital that they're able to zoom for it to fit their phone screen size, since the shared link doesn't automatically detect their screen size.

 

All I want is for some way to pinch and zoom into the prototype - that's all I'm asking for. Having to go into the browser accessibility settings and enable 'Force Zoom' is nowhere near good enough; for a user test, we can't waste any time trying to get people to do this, and it means that the prototype gets blurry when you zoom in.

I had a look through the XD guides and it seems like I should be seeing this menu: 

Why can't I see this on Google Chrome / how do I get pinch to zoom working for shared links? Thanks!

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    Known Participant
    December 10, 2021

    The only other support thread with a similar issue I could find wasn't solved. Someone replied with this: 

    So the question is, am I seriously going to have to remake my entire file in every phone screen size just to be able to run a basic user test? Because I think I'd sooner switch software than do that.

    AkinGn
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    Community Expert
    December 14, 2021

    Hi @TheChesterCat , can you please upvote this feature request (looks like what you ask for, if I'm not missing something) in uservoice? https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/16686724-pinch-gestures-to-zoom-on-mobile-preview

    Known Participant
    December 14, 2021

    Hi - this is the feature I'm looking for, yeah. I'm surprised this isn't supported already, seems crazy to me. If you wanted to run a user study (get users to interact with an XD prototype on mobile), but the prototype is too small and can't be zoomed in, how would you recommend getting around that problem?